Well
No. NC-EWDP-4PC SITE SUMMARY
Status:
Abandoned
Latitude/Longitude
(Datum is NAD-83):
36o 39' 24.87894" North
116o 24' 18.00663" West
Legal Description:
Township 15S Range 49E
Section 12 SE 1/4
Ground Elevation (Datum NGVD-29):
823.238
meters (2,700.90 feet)
Access: Take Highway 95 north from
Amargosa Valley (formerly Lathrop
Wells) to the Nevada Test Site Gate 510 access road; turn right.
Proceed 0.8 miles to
NC-EWPD-4PC on the left.
Purpose:
Drilled
primarily to provide new geologic information below 850 feet, and to
evaluate water production potential in support of a large-scale pump
test. Problems were encountered at approximately 460 feet while
drilling with
dual-wall reverse
circulation rotary methods. The borehole was plugged back and
abandoned.