A. D. Sanders 1

API 15119000290000 · Meade County, Kansas · SANDERS field

Federal Plugging Project
API
15119000290000
Operator
M & D Oil Co, a General Partnership
County
Meade
Field
SANDERS
Spudded
1956-09-14
Completed
1956-10-21
Measured depth
5,944 ft

Formation tops

Kansas records 75 formations for this well, shallowest first.

FormationTop (ft)Base (ft)Picks
Stone Corral Formation1,492—3
Wellington Formation2,084—1
Hollenberg Limestone Member2,626—1
Chase Group2,659—1
Herington Limestone Member2,659—1
Paddock Shale Member2,684—1
Krider Limestone Member2,704—1
Odell Shale Formation2,730—1
Winfield Limestone Formation2,743–2,744—3
Gage Shale Member2,783—1
Fort Riley Limestone Member2,804–2,8592,9092
Towanda Limestone Member2,8042,8541
Florence Limestone Member2,914—1
Matfield Shale Formation2,967—1
Wreford Limestone Formation2,978—1
Council Grove Group3,023–3,026—2
Speiser Shale Formation3,025—1
Funston Formation3,030—1
Blue Rapids Shale Formation3,080—1
Crouse Limestone Formation3,085—1
Easly Creek Shale Formation3,101—1
Middleburg Limestone Member3,106—1
Hooser Shale Member3,123—1
Eiss Limestone Member3,127—1
Stearns Shale Formation3,145—1
Morrill Limestone Member3,150—1
Florena Shale Member3,176—1
Cottonwood Limestone Member3,178—1
Eskridge Shale Formation3,222—1
Neva Limestone Member3,250—1
Roca Shale Formation3,320—1
Howe Limestone Member3,326—1
Johnson Shale Formation3,346—1
Long Creek Limestone Member3,350—1
Janesville Shale Formation3,385—1
Falls City Limestone Formation3,393—1
Wabaunsee Group3,492—1
Root Shale Formation3,640—1
Stotler Limestone Formation3,660—1
Topeka Limestone Formation3,942—1
Heebner Shale Member4,363–4,384—3
Toronto Limestone Member4,404–4,406—2
Lansing Group4,525–4,528—3
Iola Limestone Formation4,728–4,784—2
Muncie Creek Shale Member4,760—1
Dewey Limestone Formation4,7844,8001
Dennis Limestone Formation4,880—1
Stark Shale Member4,935—2
Swope Limestone Formation4,946—1
Hushpuckney Shale Member4,988—1
Hertha Limestone Formation5,002—1
Altamont Limestone Formation5,050—1
Pleasanton Group5,100—1
Marmaton Group5,110–5,148—3
Novinger Limestone Bed5,150—1
Pawnee Limestone Formation5,172—1
Fort Scott Limestone Formation5,220—1
Cherokee Group5,251–5,267—2
Little Osage Shale Member5,251—1
Excello Shale Member5,267—3
Verdigris Limestone Member5,311—1
Atoka Limestone Bed5,366—1
Atokan Stage5,416—1
Atoka Shale Bed5,480—1
Upper Kearny Member5,510–5,531—2
Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed5,531—2
Chesteran Zone D Bed5,549–5,550—2
Mississippian System5,549–5,562—3
Chesteran Stage5,550—1
Chesteran Zone C Bed5,611—3
Chesteran Zone B Bed5,632–5,645—2
Chesteran Zone A Bed5,700–5,725—3
Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation5,807–5,818—3
Meramecian Stage5,818—1
St. Louis Limestone Formation5,929–5,930—3

A dash is a formation Kansas records for this well without a depth. In the base column a dash is also a depth Kansas’s sources record differently from one another. 16 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.

Location

37.268345, -100.421712

37.26834, -100.42171 · Surface location as filed with Kansas

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