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Clay Partings in Gypsum Deposits in Southwestern Indiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Jack L. Harrison  and
John B. Droste
Jack L. Harrison
Affiliation:
Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
John B. Droste
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Abstract

Gypsum deposits of Mississippian age in southwestern Indiana contain several argillaceous partings. A study of these partings was made to find out what clay minerals are present in such an evaporite association.

The most abundant minerals in the clay partings are dolomite, gypsum, quartz, illite, chlorite and mixed-layer illite-montmorillonite. No kaolinite was found in any of the samples.

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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 7 , February 1958 , pp. 195 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1958

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Published by permission of State Geologist.

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