Pick Confidence

Pick Confidence is a subjective value assigned to each Strat Pick record to indicate of the “believability” of a particular Strat Pick. The Pick Confidence is assigned by the geologist at the time a new Strat Pick is entered. The purpose of Pick Confidence is to run queries of the Strat Picks that exclude values below a certain confidence level.   

Caution. Values have not been systematically assigned to wells before 2001:

 

The values assigned to Pick Confidence are listed in the Pick Confidence Values Table.

 

0

assigned to tops were entered into the PDMS by hourly workers who took the values from hand-marked logs made by unnamed Indiana Geological Survey geologists

1

obvious pick made from geophysical log

2

obvious pick made from lithologic log, sample set or a measured source such as drill-time log

3

obvious pick made from second-hand source such as driller’s log, scout ticket and the like

4

vague pick made from geophysical log

5

vague pick made from lithologic log, sample set or a measured source such as drill-time log

6

vague pick made from second-hand source such as driller’s log, scout ticket and the like

7

suspect pick made from geophysical log

8

suspect pick made from lithologic log, sample set or a measured source such as drill-time log

9

suspect pick made from second-hand source such as driller’s log, scout ticket and the like