Table 5
Table 5--Summary of physical test data of construction materials in Kansas. (Data furnished by the Corps of Engineers, War Department, Kansas City, Missouri.)
| Geologic age | Formation | Member | Rock type | Sample location |
Specific Gravity | Absorption | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparent | Bulk | |||||||||
| No. of tests |
Average | No. of tests |
Average | No. of tests |
Average percent |
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| Tertiary | Ogallala | Chert | Rawlins Co., Kansas | 1 | 2.31 | 1 | 2.21 | 1 | 3.27 | |
| Tertiary | Ogallala | "Quartzite" opaline ss. | "Quartzite" opaline ss. | NW Kansas, SW Nebraska | 16 | 2.45 | 16 | 2.38 | 18 | 1.95 |
| Cretaceous | Niobrara | Silicified chalk | NW Kansas | 1 | 2.45 | 1 | 2.35 | 2 | 2.06 | |
| Cretaceous | Niobrara | Fort Hays | Chalky limestone | Jewell Co., Kansas | 1 | 2.50 | 1 | 2.08 | 1 | 15.5 |
| Cretaceous | Dakota | "Quartzite" calcareous ss. | Ellsworth & Lincoln cos., Kans. | 10 | 2.67 | 10 | 2.65 | 10 | 0.56 | |
| Permian | Barneston | Fort Riley | Dolomite | Marshall Co., Kansas | 2 | 2.67 | 2 | 2.40 | 2 | 7.2 |
| Pennsylvanian | Deer Creek | Ervine Creek | Limestone | Elk Co., Kansas | 4 | 2.69 | 4 | 2.62 | 8 | 1.52 |
| Pennsylvanian | Oread | Plattsmouth | Limestone | Atchison Co., Kansas | 3 | 2.68 | 3 | 2.56 | 5 | 2.16 |
| Pennsylvanian | Stranger | Tonganoxie | Quartzitic sandstone | Woodson Co., Kansas | 1 | 2.64 | 1 | 0.43 | ||
| Pennsylvanian | Plattsburg | Spring Hill | Limestone | Anderson Co., Kansas | 1 | 2.69 | 1 | 2.62 | 1 | 1.58 |
| Pennsylvanian | Wyandotte | Argentine | Limestone | Johnson Co., Kansas | 1 | 2.71 | 1 | 2.65 | 1 | 1.30 |
| Pennsylvanian | Fort Scott | Higginsville | Limestone | Bourbon Co., Kansas & Bates Co., Missouri | 1 | 2.63 | 1 | 1.38 | ||
| Geologic age | Formation | Member | Rock type | Sample location |
Soundness tests | Abrasion Tests | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fr-thaw, 5 cycles | MgSO4, 5 cycles | Los Angeles | Deval | ||||||||||
| No. of tests |
Average loss percent |
No. of tests |
Average loss percent |
No. of tests |
Average loss percent |
No. of tests |
Average loss percent |
French coefficient |
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| Tertiary | Ogallala | Chert | Rawlins Co., Kansas | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 8.54 | 4.7 | |||||
| Tertiary | Ogallala | "Quartzite" opaline ss. | "Quartzite" opaline ss. | NW Kansas, SW Nebraska | 18 | 0.49 | 7 | 5.69 | 7 | 35.8 | 9 | 4.89 | 8.9 |
| Cretaceous | Niobrara | Silicified chalk | NW Kansas | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 3.95 | 11.1 | |||||
| Cretaceous | Niobrara | Fort Hays | Chalky limestone | Jewell Co., Kansas | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 48.6 | |||
| Cretaceous | Dakota | "Quartzite" calcareous ss. | Ellsworth & Lincoln cos., Kans. | 11 | 0.44 | 8 | 2.68 | 8 | 47.4 | 7 | 2.87 | 15.3 | |
| Permian | Barneston | Fort Riley | Dolomite | Marshall Co., Kansas | 2 | 2.30 | 2 | 39.2 | 2 | 63.5 | |||
| Pennsylvanian | Deer Creek | Ervine Creek | Limestone | Elk Co., Kansas | 2 | 1.87 | 2 | 17.0 | 6 | 34.4 | |||
| Pennsylvanian | Oread | Plattsmouth | Limestone | Atchison Co., Kansas | 7 | 5.54 | 3 | 10.5 | 3 | 32.0 | 5 | 4.67 | 8.8 |
| Pennsylvanian | Stranger | Tonganoxie | Quartzitic sandstone | Woodson Co., Kansas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.18 | 33.9 | ||||
| Pennsylvanian | Plattsburg | Spring Hill | Limestone | Anderson Co., Kansas | 1 | 0.62 | 1 | 4.81 | 8.3 | ||||
| Pennsylvanian | Wyandotte | Argentine | Limestone | Johnson Co., Kansas | 2 | 4.80 | 1 | 4.54 | 8.8 | ||||
| Pennsylvanian | Fort Scott | Higginsville | Limestone | Bourbon Co., Kansas, & Bates Co., Missouri | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 4.13 | 10.0 | ||||
Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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