MCVEY 1-11
API 15175209440000 · Seward County, Kansas · KISMET WEST field
Plugged and AbandonedPlugged 1987-04-29
API
15175209440000
Operator
Midwestern Exploration Company
County
Seward
Field
KISMET WEST
Location
Spudded
1987-01-28
Completed
1987-03-10
Plugged
1987-04-29
Measured depth
6,240 ft
Formation tops
Kansas records 79 formations for this well, shallowest first.
| Formation | Top (ft) | Base (ft) | Picks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Corral Formation | 1,587 | 1,642 | 1 |
| Wellington Formation | 2,144 | — | 1 |
| Hutchinson Salt Member | 2,316 | — | 1 |
| Hollenberg Limestone Member | 2,608 | — | 1 |
| Chase Group | 2,638 | — | 1 |
| Herington Limestone Member | 2,638 | — | 1 |
| Paddock Shale Member | 2,656 | — | 1 |
| Krider Limestone Member | 2,670 | — | 1 |
| Odell Shale Formation | 2,718 | — | 1 |
| Winfield Limestone Formation | 2,732 | — | 1 |
| Gage Shale Member | 2,776 | — | 1 |
| Towanda Limestone Member | 2,798 | 2,856 | 1 |
| Fort Riley Limestone Member | 2,873 | 2,910 | 1 |
| Matfield Shale Formation | 2,954 | — | 1 |
| Wreford Limestone Formation | 2,968 | — | 1 |
| Council Grove Group | 3,004 | — | 1 |
| Speiser Shale Formation | 3,004 | — | 1 |
| Funston Formation | 3,016 | — | 1 |
| Blue Rapids Shale Formation | 3,066 | — | 1 |
| Crouse Limestone Formation | 3,076 | — | 1 |
| Easly Creek Shale Formation | 3,088 | — | 1 |
| Middleburg Limestone Member | 3,100 | — | 1 |
| Hooser Shale Member | 3,114 | — | 1 |
| Eiss Limestone Member | 3,124 | — | 1 |
| Stearns Shale Formation | 3,138 | — | 1 |
| Morrill Limestone Member | 3,144 | — | 1 |
| Florena Shale Member | 3,174 | — | 1 |
| Cottonwood Limestone Member | 3,182 | — | 1 |
| Eskridge Shale Formation | 3,220 | — | 1 |
| Neva Limestone Member | 3,254 | — | 1 |
| Roca Shale Formation | 3,317 | — | 1 |
| Howe Limestone Member | 3,334 | — | 1 |
| Johnson Shale Formation | 3,366 | — | 1 |
| Long Creek Limestone Member | 3,369 | — | 1 |
| Janesville Shale Formation | 3,434 | — | 1 |
| Falls City Limestone Formation | 3,436 | — | 1 |
| Onaga Shale Formation | 3,452 | — | 1 |
| Pennsylvanian System | 3,456 | — | 1 |
| Wabaunsee Group | 3,456–3,528 | — | 3 |
| Root Shale Formation | 3,622 | — | 1 |
| Stotler Limestone Formation | 3,636 | — | 1 |
| Red Shale Bed | 3,696 | — | 1 |
| Severy Shale Formation | 3,786 | — | 1 |
| Shawnee Group | 3,822 | — | 1 |
| Topeka Limestone Formation | 3,822 | — | 1 |
| Heebner Shale Member | 4,280 | — | 1 |
| Toronto Limestone Member | 4,296 | — | 1 |
| Lansing Group | 4,428 | — | 2 |
| Iola Limestone Formation | 4,666 | — | 1 |
| Muncie Creek Shale Member | 4,708 | — | 1 |
| Dewey Limestone Formation | 4,731 | — | 1 |
| Stark Shale Member | 4,916 | — | 1 |
| Swope Limestone Formation | 4,934 | — | 1 |
| Hushpuckney Shale Member | 4,965 | — | 1 |
| Hertha Limestone Formation | 4,974 | — | 1 |
| Mound City Shale Member | 5,054 | — | 1 |
| Pleasanton Group | 5,090 | — | 1 |
| Marmaton Group | 5,110 | — | 1 |
| Altamont Limestone Formation | 5,134 | 5,144 | 1 |
| Novinger Limestone Bed | 5,182 | 5,182 | 1 |
| Fort Scott Limestone Formation | 5,232 | — | 1 |
| Little Osage Shale Member | 5,274 | — | 1 |
| Cherokee Group | 5,300 | — | 1 |
| Excello Shale Member | 5,300 | — | 1 |
| Middle Morrowan Limestone Bed | 5,640–5,690 | — | 3 |
| Upper Kearny Member | 5,640 | — | 1 |
| Keyes Sandstone Bed | 5,752 | — | 1 |
| Lower Morrowan Sandstone Bed | 5,752 | 5,767 | 1 |
| Chesteran Stage | 5,777 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone D Bed | 5,777 | — | 1 |
| Mississippian System | 5,777 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Zone C Bed | 5,790 | — | 1 |
| Chesteran Zone B Bed | 5,830–5,994 | — | 3 |
| Chesteran Zone A Bed | 5,896–5,918 | — | 2 |
| Chesteran Sandstone Lower Bed | 5,898–5,992 | — | 2 |
| Meramecian Stage | 6,008–6,020 | — | 2 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone Formation | 6,008–6,020 | 6,085 | 2 |
| St. Louis Limestone Formation | 6,088–6,131 | — | 4 |
| Lower Kearny Member | — | — | 1 |
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. 8 formations were picked at more than one depth by different Kansas sources, and their range is shown rather than one of the answers.
Location
37.195169, -100.766884
37.19517, -100.76688 · Surface location as filed with Kansas⌘ or Ctrl + scroll to zoom
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