KGS--Lyon County--Table 2

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Table 2

Table 2--Ceramic data on clay and shale samples from Lyon County.

Plastic and Dry Properties

Sample No. Location Stratigraphic Position Thickness Sampled, feet Water of Plasticity, percent Shrinkage water, percent Pore Water, percent Volume Shrinkage, percent Measured Linear Shrinkage, percent Calculated Linear Shrinkage, percent

Pennsylvanian

LY-9 NW 18-19-13E Silver Lake shale 18 20.62 4.33 16.29 8.03 3.41 2.6

LY-1 SW 2-20-11E Willard-Langdon shale 30 27.38 12.77 14.61 23.94 5.53 7.4

LY-2 NW 19-16-13E Langdon shale 11 23.57 6.02 17.55 10.6 2.83 3.42

LY-3 SE 32-19-11E Langdon shale 12.5 24.88 9.56 15.32 17.56 4.87 5.55

LY-4 SW 35-17-12E Langdon shale 11 26.02 8.23 17.79 14.64 4.13 4.65

LY-5 NW 22-18-12E Pierson Point shale 20 27.06 13.05 14.01 24.88 6.16 7.69

LY-6 SE 34-21-10E French Creek shale 14.5 28.26 10.93 17.33 19.68 4.75 6.18

Permian

LY-8 SE 13-16-10E Speiser shale 8.4 24.15 11.36 12.79 22.4 6.44 6.97

LY-7 SW 26-15-11E Roca shale 6.8 21.63 9.78 11.85 18.59 5.37 5.94

Pleistocene

LY-11 SW 16-19-11E Emporia terrace 7 29.94 18.56 10.38 36.31 11.94 10.87

Pleistocene--Recent and Wisconsianan

LY-10 SE 14-19-12E Neosho River alluvium 11.8 28.86 19.09 9.77 38.29 11.16 11.41

LY-12 NW 22-19-10E Cottonwood River alluvium 9.8 25.47 14.85 10.62 29.33 8.48 8.94

Fired Properties

Sample No. Ignition loss, percent Firing Range, cones Fired to Cone Color Measured Linear Shrinkage, percent Total Linear Shrinkage, percent Percent Absorption Saturation Coefficient Hardness, as to Steel

24 hrs. Cold Water 3 hrs. Boiling Water

LY-9 6.37 03–2 5 red 2.66 6.07 11.18 13.8 0.81 harder

2 red 3.84 7.25 8.06 11.19 0.72 harder

2 red 7.41 10.82 0.91 1.62 0.56 harder

LY-1 5.63 07–01 6 red 5.06 10.59 6.39 6.94 0.93 harder

4 red 6.03 11.56 4.86 5.46 0.89 harder

1 red 7.68 13.21 1.02 1.91 0.53 harder

LY-2 4.78 03–1 6 light red 0.96 3.79 17.37 19.61 0.89 softer

4 red 3.4 6.23 12.42 15.31 0.81 softer

1 red 7.49 10.32 3.54 5.41 0.65 harder

LY-3 5.82 05–01 6 orange red 3.05 7.92 11.18 12.89 0.87 harder

4 bright red 5.16 10.03 6.58 8.88 0.74 harder

1 red 6.8 11.67 2.86 4.85 0.59 harder

LY-4 5.32 05–02 6 light red 2.72 6.85 13.63 14.78 0.92 softer

4 red 7.2 11.33 5.06 5.7 0.88 harder

LY-5 7.22 06–04 6 red 4.04 10.2 8.17 9.04 0.9 harder

4 red 6.38 12.54 2 4.15 0.48 harder

LY-6 6.65 06–04 6 orange 4.96 9.71 9.47 9.87 0.96 harder

4 bright red 8.67 13.42 1.5 2.45 0.61 harder

LY-8 16.04 2 plus 5 buff 2.98 9.42 15.32 17.76 0.86 softer

2 yellow 2.85 9.29 15.65 18.42 0.85 as hard

2 green-buff 3.37 9.49 12.35 15.72 0.79 harder

LY-7 13.96 2 plus 5 buff 1.23 6.6 17.56 20.54 0.85 softer

2 gray-buff 1.37 6.77 16.91 20.22 0.84 as hard

2 green-buff 2.61 7.93 13.04 16.64 0.78 harder

LY-11 8.78 04–2 5 orange red 1.41 13.35 9.38 12.66 0.74 harder

2 red 2.36 14.3 8.02 11.09 0.72 harder

2 red 6.29 18.75 2.3 5.65 0.41 harder

LY-10 6.09 07–02 5 orange red 4.23 15.39 4.14 4.67 0.89 harder

2 red 5.63 16.79 1.57 2.33 0.67 harder

LY-12 4.37 05–2 5 orange red 1.97 10.45 8.59 11.26 0.76 harder

2 red 3.13 11.65 6.58 8.97 0.73 harder

2 red 5.99 14.41 1.34 2.13 0.63 harder

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