KGS--Dakota and Kiowa Formations--Table 3

Table 3

Table 3--Data from standard physical tests of samples from calcareous sandstone in central Kansas. (Data furnished by the Corps of Engineers, War Department, Kansas City, Missouri)

Lab serial no.	County	Location	Type of sample	Specific Gravity			Absorption, percent	Freeze and Thaw, 5 cycles, percent loss	MgSO₄, 5 cycles, percent loss	Abrasion
				Apparent	Bulk	Bulk S.S.D.				Los Angeles, percent loss	Deval
				Apparent	Bulk	Bulk S.S.D.				Los Angeles, percent loss	percent loss	French coefficient
6128	Lincoln	6-12-7W	Ledge rock	2.68	2.64	2.65	0.67	0.00			2.54¹	15.8¹
9819²	Lincoln	6-12-7W	Crushed rock	2.67	2.62	2.64	0.62				2.541	15.7¹
9820³	Lincoln	6-12-7W	Crushed rock	2.66	2.61	2.63	0.56				3.18¹	12.5¹
9819-9820⁴	Lincoln			2.67	2.61	2.63	0.73	1.2	11.1	45.0
247709	Lincoln	6-12-7W						0.01^1,5
247710	Lincoln	6-12-7W									2.72¹	14.7¹
247711	Lincoln	6-12-7W		2.65¹			0.80¹
247715	LincoIn	NE 12-12-8W	Ledge rock					0.0⁶
247717	LincoIn	NE 12-12-8W	Ledge rock	2.65			0.40
247716	LincoIn	NE 12-12-8W	Ledge rock								5.09	7.8
23934	LincoIn	NE 12-12-8W	Ledge rock	2.66	2.63	2.64	0.3	0.23	0.61	46.2
11562	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Ledge rock	2.67	2.61	2.63	0.76	0.0	0.0		1.72	23.2
21679	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock	2.68	2.62	2.65	0.8	0.3	2.0	37.8
23997	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W		2.65	2.60	2.62	0.68	0.04	0.26	37.7	2.27	17.6
27423	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock	2.65	2.56	2.60	1.3	0.32	2.45	46.3
48681^16,7	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Ledge rock		2.55⁸	2.58⁹	1.2	1.5¹⁰		60.0
48682^16,11	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Ledge rock		2.56⁸	2.59⁹	1.3	0.6¹⁰		63.5
48683^16,12	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Ledge rock		2.62⁸	2.64⁹	0.8	0.3¹⁰		38.7
48684^16,13	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Ledge rock		2.61⁸	2.59⁹	0.9	0.5¹⁰		35.7
54467¹⁶	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock							41.5
54486¹⁶	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock							43.0
54564¹⁶	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock							27.214
54562¹⁶	LincoIn	NE 7-12-10W	Crushed rock							27.1¹⁴	4.44	9.0
8973	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W	Ledge rock	2.69	2.65	2.66	0.57	0.06			2.27¹	17.6
12018	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W	Crushed rock	2.70	2.66	2.68	0.44		1.7	47.4
18428	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W	Ledge rock	2.69	2.67	2.68	0.3	0.2	0.4	55.96	18.81^1,14
18428	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W	Crushed rock	2.69	2.67	2.68	0.3	0.27	1.56	60.4	13.62^1,14
50211	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W								48.5¹⁶
54494	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W								32.8¹⁶
15220 (K- 1)	Ellsworth	E 19-16-6W		2.67	2.61	2.63	0.81	0.9	3.81	76.1
12709¹⁵						2.66	0.83	3.5	33.6
1. By Kansas City Testing Lab., Inc.							9. Reported as "saturated."
2. Sizes No. 4 to 1 1/2 inches.							10. 25 cycles.
3. Sizes 1 1/2 to 3 inches.							11. Sample from top 12 feet in NW corner of proposed quarry.
4. Samples 9819 and 9820 combined.							12. Sample from top 16 feet in SE corner of proposed quarry.
5. 25 cycles, loss 1.67 percent.							13. Sample from top 20 feet in NE corner of proposed quarry.
6. No spalling or disintegration in 25 cycles but 20 percent of pieces split in two.							14. A.S.T.M. method D-289-42T, with abrasive charge.
7. Sample from 40-foot face at SW edge of proposed quarry.							15. Crushed to sand size.
8. Reported as "dry."							16. By Kansas State Highway Commission Laboratory.

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