40/70 SILICA PROPPANT, also called sand or coarse sand, is produced from a very high quality Ordovician St Peter Sandstone layer in our Clayton, IA quarry. Our line of silica proppants is made of a high-purity quartz sand that is highly spherical and crush resistant. Our 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT is produced for use by the oil & gas petroleum industry. Pattison 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT is used in safe and proven hydraulic stimulation processes used for over 70 years on in excess of 2 million oil and natural gas wells. Because shale plays hold vast amounts of oil and natural gas lack adequate pore space for these fluids to flow to a well, our proppants are effective in assisting to hold tiny cracks in the shale open so that these liquids and gases can flow to the well head.
sand, extremely pure and incredibly clean pure Saint Peter
Sandstone is produced by Pattison Sand Company 7 days
a week, 365 days a year.
proppant production plant. This incredible facility produces
the highest quality silica proppants.
into our proppant production plant. Silica Proppants are loaded
directly from plant to rail car, using a custom designed, dustless
state of the art, loading system.
40/70 SILICA PROPANT - St Peter Sandstone
40/70 Silica Proppant
Pattison produces a 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT that meet specific completion project specifications. This proppant is perfectly spherical, quartzite sand that meets the most stringent quality specifications. Also known as Northern White, frack sand, hydro fracturing sand, geo-thermal sand, and coarse sand, Pattison’s 40/70 proppant is produced from the St. Peters Formation. Proppants produced from this formation have superior physical properties than other Northern White proppants.
Silica Proppant Performance Characteristics
Due to the performance requirements that typical hydrofracturing applications demand, a very high quality 30/50 SILICA PROPPANT is required. Stringent testing and quality assurance procedures ensure that Pattison proppants meet the highest performance specifications, and are certified by ISO & API.
How We Produce 40/70 Silica Proppant
Pattison 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT is produced in our state of the art wet processing plant. Completed in 2007 in Clayton, Iowa our plant features sophisticated disagglomerating, washing, separating, classifying, and drying equipment that yields some of the highest and most consistent 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT available anywhere in the United States.
With Silica Proppants, Age Matters
When it comes to 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT, age matters. This means that Pattison’s Ordovician St Peter Sandstone is some of the oldest and hardest material available. Due to it’s hardness and other ‘Old Stone’ properties, our 40/70 SILICA PROPPANT out performs material produced from outside of the St Peter Sandstone formation. See more on this topic
More about Ordovician St Peter Sandstone
St. Peter Sandstone is an Ordovician formation in the Chazyan stage of the Champlainian series. This sandstone originated as a sheet of sand in clear, shallow water near the shore of a Paleozoic sea and consists of fine to medium size, well-rounded quartz grains with frosted surfaces. The extent of the formation spans north-south from Minnesota to Arkansas and east-west from Illinois into Nebraska and South Dakota.
40/70 Silica - Physical Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Loss on ignition | 0.05% |
| Moisture | < 0.10% |
| Base PH | 6.8 - 7.2 |
| Sintering Point | 3110 F |
| Grain Shape | Rounded |
| Specific Gravity | 2.65 |
| Clay Content | 0.08% |
| Acid Demand Value | 94-98 lb/ft3 |
40/70 Silica - Chemical Analysis
| Property | Value (percentage) |
|---|---|
| SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) | 99.5% |
| AI2O3 (Aluminum Oxide) | 0.07% |
| K2O (Potassium Oxide) | 0.03% |
| Fe2O3 (Iron Oxide) | 0.03% |
| CaO (Calcium Oxide) | 0.04% |
| Na2O (Sodium Oxide) | 0.01% |
| MgO (Magnesium Oxide) | 0.01% |
| TiO2 (Titanium Dioxide) | 0.01% |
Logistics second to none
Rail spurs extend directly into Pattison’s dust controlled automated direct to rail sand loading system, and into Pattison’s Prarie du Chein dust controlled transload facility.
Pattison’s advanced direct to rail load out system, coupled with the Pattison rail spur allows SILICA PROPPANT products to be loaded directly from the production plant on to enclosed rail ore cars for delivery. This eliminates excess handling, saves costs, and insures a higher quality product.
State-of-the-art proppant production
Pattison’s wet sand plant is state-of-the-art. It employs processes borrowed from the drinking water industry to recycle over 90% of the water used while producing some of the highest quality silica proppants available.
Material is crushed, washed, separated, classified into various sizes without inducing fractures. This plant yields a refined individual grain shape that is the most desirable for crush resistance. Pattison high quality high performance proppants increase yield, and reduce costs.
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Our quarry is located in Clayton, IA. We are one of the only sources of Aggregates and Proppants that can load directly to Rail, Truck or Barge from the same facility! Our logistic & delivery systems out pace our competitors. We’d love to hear from you!
Contact information
Proppant (sand) Team
: PropInfo@pattisonsand.com
Main Office
Operations Office
24312 Mississippi Rd., Clayton, IA 52049
Hours of operation
Office Open Monday – Friday: 8am to 4pm
Operating Hours – 24/7
Pattison High Quality Aggregates and Proppants
Pattison produces high quality ordovician dolomitic limestone Aggregates and silica proppants. Â Our Clayton IA, quarry contains multiple limestone ledges yielding material with a variety of properties that meet various requirements. Â Our products are certified for use by multiple state Departments of Transportation, and the FAA.