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Foundation Problems and Pyrite Oxidation in the Chattanooga (Ohio) Shale
Estill County, Kentucky
John Kiefer, [email protected] H. Anderson, [email protected]
Kentucky Geological SurveyUniversity of Kentucky
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Project Location
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DVGQ’s
• Digitally Vectorized Geologic Quadrangles• Digital GQ data for the entire state• Useful in Planning, Design, Construction
and Remediation
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Irvine DOQQ
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Estill County Middle School
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Black Shale Outcrop
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Plan of Middle School
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Stratigraphic Section
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Foundation Problems in School
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Tension fractures in retaining wall
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Sulfate percipitates in drain tile
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Iron Stain on Black Shale
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Sulfate efflorescence on Shale
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Cleats, fractures in subcrop
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Copiapite along cleat
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Pyrite nodule zone in Black Shale
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Gymnasium Repair
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Black Shale subcrop in School
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Carhartt Factroy
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Foundation Problems in Factory
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Heaved flooring adjacent to load bearing wall
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Loading area
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Marcum Wallace Hospital
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Schematic Diagram
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Non-load bearing wall heaving
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Repaired room adjacent to load bearing wall
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Irvine Bypass built on Crab Orchard
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Sulfates
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Chemical Reaction
• 2FeS2 + 3H2O +CaCO3 +6O2 ----------> FeCa(SO4)+3H2SO4+CO2+Fe• Pyrite Water Lime Sulfate Sulfuric Acid Iron
• Iron Sulfates-Jarosite, Copiapite, Melanterite
• Water pH= 1-2 very acidic
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Stratigraphic position of buildings
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Causes of Foundation Failure
• Oxidation of pyrite and growth of secondary sulfates in the shale.
• The shale degrades into various clay and sulfate minerals and has a lack of shear strength when subjected to loads.
• Parts of the school building and factory appear to be constructed on shale fill.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• Pre-construction prevention• Remediation solutions
– Remove foundation material and fill, and replace with impermeable water/moisture barrier. Create new sub-floor bearing walls or piers, and refill with non-shale aggregate
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Future Work
• Statewide Geochemical Study of the Chattanooga (Ohio) shales to determine areas of high iron or pyrite content.
• Detailed work in the Estill County area to further define the high iron areas.
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Acknowledgements• Dale Nicholson, Marshall Miller and Associates;
Tommy Hopkins, Ky Transportation Center; Randall Christopher, Estill Co Board of Edu.; Susan Starling, Tommy Estes, Marcum Wallace Hospital; Frank Huggins, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering;
• Jerry Weisenfluh, Edward Woolery, Mike Murphy and Collie Rulo, KGS for their help in providing information, or discussions in this project. Special thanks to Henry Francis, KGS Laboratory Manager, for assistance in analytical work.
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BLACK SHALE PROBLEMS IN POWELL COUNTY
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POWELL COUNTY – REAR CORNER OF HOUSE WAS PATCHED BECAUSE THE CISTERN BLEW UP. NATURAL GAS FROM THE SHALE WAS SEEPING IN
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POWELL COUNTY – YARD SLOPED DOWNWARD FROM ROAD ALLOWING WATER TO BUILD UP AGAINST HOUSE AND SEEP UNDERNEATH. NOTE CRACKS IN NEIGHBORS HOUSE.
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Black Shale Problems
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Landslide-prone Areas of Kentucky
Eastern KentuckyCoal Field
Western KentuckyCoal Field
Porters Creek Clay Paragon
Kope and Clays Ferry
New Albanyand Borden
Crab Orchard
Bluffs along theOhio and Mississippi
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