The Cheyenne Sandstone of Barber, Comanche, and Kiowa Counties, Kansas, as Raw Material for Glass Manufacture

Abstract

A study of samples of Cheyenne sandstone obtained from 12 drill holes in Barber, Comanche, and Kiowa counties, Kansas, was made to determine the usability of this sandstone as a raw material for glass manufacture. Metallurgical, chemical, and petrographic data were obtained. All data show that there are reserves, adequate for commercial operation, of sands that are amenable to standard methods of beneficiation and which have a chemical composition comparable to the recommended standards set up by the American Ceramic Society and the National Bureau of Standards.