47-039-05772
Well drilled in 2006
Producing formation(s): Big Lime, Big Injun
Geographic location: latitude 38.247633, longitude -81.681776
Visited in 2011
This well is in the Kanawha State Forest.
The unpainted wellhead for 47-039-05772 is beginning to corrode. The tall 100 barrel tank is visible in the background.
A large barely vegetated area exists between the wellhead and edge of the pad.
Our tests for chloride in the surface soil here found it at 40 and 46 ppm showing signs of past contamination.
There were numerous signs of animal activity in the bare area. These marks are turkey scrapes.
When we were visiting the site yellow finches flew to the bare area, singly or in groups, to ingest the soil. Finches and other bird species are attracted to salt which can be toxic to them.
We did not find chloride in the bare area around a seep on the fill slope below the well. The sheen in this small pool of water is caused by iron loving bacteria.
In spite of the absence of elevated chloride, this area looked like something bad was happening.
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