Gray Site: Fulkerson Road Drillholes

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Information provided by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, from on-site auger drilling logged by geologist Larry Bolt.

Colors suggest color of material penetrated.

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Explanation of symbols
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Fill, recently emplaced during construction, usually reddish.

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Weathered, light gray or buff colored clay.

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Chert clasts

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Carbonaceous material, lignite

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Sandy, or sandy layers

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Varved or layered clay

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Reddish soil or subsoil, residual

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"Boulder" interrupting the progress of drilling

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Hole Terminated due to depth

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Hole terminated due to "Refusal"

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