Pottawatomie County--Lab Analyses

Data extracted from Table 1 in Bull. 1060-C; full table can be view on main Pottawatomie page.

Classification of material:Limestone
Location:NW NW SW sec. 27, T. 7 S., R. 12 E.
39.41115, -96.07181
Lithologic unit:Funston limestone
Estimated amount
of material
(cubic yards)
Average thickness
(feet)
Accessibility
Material Overburden
10,000 3 1.5 Good
Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 30500 and 30501
Date of Test 12-12-1936
Description of materials
Two layers examined separately for soundness. Massive, coarse, light-gray to tan-gray limestone that weathers tan, cavernous. Satisfactory for masonry stone in drainage structures. Used as riprap on Little Noxie Creek.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
 
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
 
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness  
Absorption  

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 38975
Date of Test 2-23-1940
Description of materials
Two layers examined separately for soundness. Massive, coarse, light-gray to tan-gray limestone that weathers tan, cavernous. Satisfactory for aggregate under secs. 68, 69, 71, 73, and 76 of 1937 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.33
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
7.0
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness 4
Absorption 5.8

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 49431
Date of Test 3-21-1946
Description of materials
Acceptable for aggregate under secs. 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, and 14 for 1945 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.33
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
40.3
Los Angeles grading A
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
 
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
.98
Toughness  
Absorption 5.77

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