The California Well Sample Repository is California’s only facility for the permanent storage and public use of cores, sidewall samples, drill cuttings, outcrop samples, microfaunal slides, foundation borings, and mineral suites. The repository, founded in 1975, consists of two buildings---each 6,000 square feet in area---that are located on the campus of California State University at Bakersfield.
On this website, you can find extensive catalogs that contain information about the thousands of oil, gas, water and core wells from California that are in our collection. There are tens of thousands of entries in our catalogs that list available core, cuttings, well logs, and paleo samples. Our files are in Microsoft Excel (.XLS) format, and they can be downloaded from this site by any interested party. Or, you can visit us at our present facility on the campus of the California State University at Bakersfield.
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The Repository operates on a modest annual budget of approximately $35,000, which provides for the curator, temporary student help, supplies, shelving, and equipment. Volunteer help aides appreciably with day-to-day operations.
Funding for the Repository comes from several sources consisting of user fees, interest from an endowment fund, individuals, corporate sponsors, and professional associations. Students and faculty of schools, colleges and universities are exempt from user fees.
If it were not for gifts from the private sector, this important segment of California geological history would be lost. Its existence and continued operation is predicated on annual gift support. Gifts to support the Repository should be made to the Cal State Bakersfield Foundation. For further information, please contact the Repository Curator at 661-664-2324 or the Foundation Manager at 661-664-2252.
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