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:SE SE SW sec. 15, T. 7 S., R. 12 E.
39.43478, -96.06383
Lithologic unit:Funston limestone
Estimated amount
of material
(cubic yards)
Average thickness
(feet)
Accessibility
Material Overburden
8,000 3 1.5 Fair
Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 27528
Date of Test 2-10-1936
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Not satisfactory--too soft for aggregate.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.9
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
19.5
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness 3
Absorption 9.2

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 28468
Date of Test 5-21-1936
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Acceptable for aggregate under secs. 58, 59, and 61 of 1934 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.47
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
8.6
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness 6
Absorption 2.64

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 38977
Date of Test 2-26-1940
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Acceptable for aggregate under secs. 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, and 76 of 1937 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.29
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
8.0
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness 5
Absorption 7.8

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 38979
Date of Test 2-16-1940
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Acceptable for aggregate under secs. 68, 69, 71, and 73 of 1937 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.26
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
 
Los Angeles grading  
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
9.1
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
Satisfactory
Toughness 3
Absorption 5.2

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 45467
Date of Test 8-4-1942
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Acceptable as riprap under sec. 91, Art. 91.11 of 1937 specifications.
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. 49432
Date of Test 3-21-1946
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Acceptable for aggregate under secs. 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 114 of 1945 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.63
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
28.6
Los Angeles grading A
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
 
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
.96
Toughness  
Absorption 1.0

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 49433
Date of Test 3-21-1946
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Does not comply with soundness requirement of material for aggregate of sec. 107 of 1945 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.51
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
34.7
Los Angeles grading A
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
 
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
.64
Toughness  
Absorption 3.4

 

Authority for Test Data State Highway Commission of Kansas
Laboratory No. 49434
Date of Test 3-21-1946
Description of materials
Coarse light-gray limestone with calcite cleavage. Porous when weathered. Not satisfactory for most aggregate uses because of high percent wear according to 1945 specifications.
Laboratory Test Data
Weight per cubic foot
(pounds dry)
 
Specific Gravity
(saturated)
2.17
Comprehensive strength ratio
(figures in parenthesis refer
to numbered days)
 
Los Angeles abrasion
percent wear
55.2
Los Angeles grading A
Deval abrasion (rock)
percent wear
 
Freeze and Thaw Soundness
loss ratio (25 cycles)
.98
Toughness  
Absorption 8.95

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