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Bentonite from
Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA


Locality type:Ridge
Classification
Type:Bentonite
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bentonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandy Ridge, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:293597
Long-form Identifier:1:3:293597:3
GUID (UUID V4):3f5ad1af-7a03-4a02-9bae-3aad17bd6c3b
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I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant
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Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA SEAES and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular...commercial bentonite deposits from the western (South Dakota) and southern (Alabama) USA were investigated...contents (Fe–Ti–Al) of quartz grains from any given bentonite are similar, indicating a single origin for the...possible prolonged sequestration of respired bentonite quartz grains from contact with lung materials...presence of ‘‘encapsulated’’ quartz grains in bentonite. Wallace et al. (1996) reported quartz grains
Report (volume)
Ball Clay and Bentonite Deposits of the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain, United States...O R ¥ E Y B 0 L L E T I N 1^ Ball Clay and Bentonite Deposits of the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico...Geology and geologic setting of ball clay and bentonite deposits UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Hosterman, John W. (John Wallace), 1923Ball clay and bentonite deposits of the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico...19.3:1558C 1. Ball clay Gulf Coast (U.S.) 2. Bentonite Gulf Coast (U.S.) I. Title. II. Series. III. Series:
Report (issue)
Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Resources of the United States IJ..S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1522 Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Resources of the United States By JOHN W. HOSTERMAN and...uses, geology, mineralogy, and distribution of bentonite and fuller's earth in the United States UNITED...references. 1. Bentonite deposits United States. 2. Fuller's earth United States. 3. Bentonite. I. Patterson....... Alabama...................................................................... Sandy Ridge Deposit
Report (issue)
Sharp---=-----79 I. Stratigraphy of Ordovician Bentonite Beds in Southwestern Virginia, by R. R. Rosenkrans...bearing on the possibilities of oil and gas in Wise County, Virginia, as inferred from isocarbs ............ ---_------_---- 80 10. Standard sequence of bentonite beds in southwestern Virginia---------92 11. A...Moccasin formation near Tazewell, Virginia; B, Bentonite bed V-4 near Tazewell, Virginia ................of the area southwest of Big A Mountain, Russell County, Virginia; B, Panorama looking east across Coombs
Report (volume)
Jonesville District Lee County, Virginia GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 990 GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES...RESOURCES OF THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT, LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA By EALPI-I L. MILLER and WILLIAM P. BKOSGE ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT The Jonesville district is in central Lee County in the extreme southwest corner of Virginia. It...Powell Valley, but the district includes Wallen Ridge, which bounds Powell Valley on the southeast. The...recognized in the Appalachian region from New York to Alabama. Within the Jonesville district, however, remnants
Report (issue)
occurrence.......................... Ordovician bentonite......................... Volcanic materials at...kaolinite; D, Varved sedimentary clay...... 58 3. A, Bentonite showing volcanic-ash structure; B, Vein clay with...altered to montmorillonite.............. 58 4. Bentonite showing volcanic-ash structure.................................................. Analyses of bentonite and related rocks, Santa Monica Mountains, Calif...necessary. The marked base-exchange properties of bentonite and the evidence that its characteristic mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hermitage Formation as influenced by the submarine ridge formed during the second Hermitage uplift 20. Distribution...Distribution of sediments after the Hermitage submarine ridge was buried 491 492 493 494 495 496 INTRODUCTION...Giles County, in southwestern Maury County, and in western 483 INTRODUCTION Williamson County where...and an unleached core of bluish-gray limestone. Bentonite bed T-5 occurs near or at the base of this member...Laminated argillaceous beds intervene between the bentonite and the Curdsville Limestone. "Rolled-up" zones
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36 none none 15.29 6.79 o1 4 Dale Co , Ala. 5 Sandy Rid NC. 6 Spokane, Wash. 40.93 4 1 .3 8 9.84...published analysis of nontronite from Dale County, Alabama, and three publishedanalyses.C. S. Ross (1927...lsr,Bs1 exo 2 (1) Excelsior clay deposit, Spokane County, about 12 miles southeast of Spokane, Washington...on U. S. Highway 195, north of Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, Strrt sec. 35, T. 17 N., R. 43 E....Palouse Highway, 1 mile south of Garfield, Whitman County, Washington, sec. 4,T.17 N., R. 45 E. Veins of
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CLAYS. CLAYS OF GARLAND COUNTY, ARK. By EDWIN C. EOKEU General statement. During the fall of 1905 the...devoted to this work several clay deposits in Garland County, outside the limits of the reservation, were visited...developed clay properties in other parts of Hot Springs County were visited for comparison. The localities and...may change in further work. CLAYS OF GARLAND COUNTY, ARK. 409 ' The other large opening is about...alike in composition: Analyses of clays, Garland County, Ark. Silica (SiOj) .........................
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State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...following cooperating organizations: Alabama: Geological Survey of Alabama. Alaska: Division of Geological...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end...Value (thousands) Rank Percent of U.S. total Alabama $560,639 21 1.68 Arkansas 302,640 33 .91...CAPITA AND PER SQUARE MILE IN 1990, BY STATE State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut
Report (issue)
remaining after extraction of bases from a pure bentonite. D, Diatoms. L, Synthetic magnesium silicate "Magnesol"...the silica residue obtained from a very pure bentonite by twice extracting it for 24 hours with 20 percent...of inclined. Curve F: Dufrenite, from Cherokee County, Ala. A hydrous iron phosphate, 2Fe2O3,P2O5 .3H2O...weathered. C, High-potash bentonite from Suifu, China. B, High-potash bentonite from High Bridge, Ky. Y...Y, High-sodium bentonite from TJpton, Wyo. The curves shown in figure 18 represent investigations of
Report (issue)
Outcr'op of Mowry shale on Thornton dome, Weston County, Wyo.; B, Hand specimen of Mowry shale collected...from Crook County, Wyo.; B, Thin section of Mowry shale from Thornton dome, Weston County, Wyo_ __ _...shale from Wheeler Ridge, Calif.; B, north-south section across axial part of Wheeler Ridge anticline, Calif...Corinth, Howard County, Ark.; B, Basal gravel of \Yoodbine formation, near Horatio, Sevier County, Ark_ _ _...of Cretaceous volcano, near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark______ 20. Geologic map of pn,rts of Arkansas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analysesof montmorillonite (including beidellite, bentonite, leverrierite, and nontronitea) have been s Chern...Mts., G. D. Afanasiev : Loc.cit. (1934). 11. Bentonite, Howard Co., Ark., Ross and Shannon : I'oc.eit...Nikogosyan: loc. cir. (1939). 22. Nontronite, Sandy Ridge, N. C., R. H. Ewell and H. Insley: Iowr. Res...17r I92 (1932). Bentonite, Ardmore, S. Dak., Ross and Shannon: l,oc.eit.(1926). Bentonite, Poland., Z. Sujkowski:... 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 22, Ll24 (t937). K-Bentonite, Suifu, China, Ross and Shannon: Ioc. ci't. (1926)
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herein. Special regulations for photocopies in the USA: Photocopies may be made for personal or in-house...Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA, Tel.: +1-978-7508400, Fax: +1-978-6468600, http://www...Fulfillment P.O. Box 2485, Secaucus, NJ 07096-2485, USA Wiirzburg, Printed on acid-free paper both old...Ahlert RAMS Environmental Inc., Ormond Beach, FL, USA University Ann McCarley Assistant Editor Robert...Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA P. O. Box 2310 Tuscaloosa, Tel. Fax. AL 35403, USA Sean Landesamtfiir
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and Venezuela. In addition, he has evaluated bentonite deposits in Argentina, Egypt, England, Algeria...end product, i.e. kaolins for paper coating or bentonite in drilling muds. In some cases, the clay is used...nontronite (Fe), and hectorite (Li). The rock term bentonite is commonly used for these minerals and was defined...volcanic ash. Grim and Guven (1978) used the term bentonite for any clay which was dominantly comprised of...Ross, C.S. and Shannon, E.V. (1926) Minerals of bentonite and related clays and their physical properties
Report (issue)
[Roche], Duck Nest [Springs], and Dread and Terror [Ridge]. In written usage, words in the specific part of...Alley (ridge), Butlers Toothpick (pinnacle rock), Titans Piazza (hill), and Devils Racepath (ridge). The...Winnebago, Kodiak, The Maiden, Mauna Loa, Scarce of Fat Ridge, Bull Run, Devils Hopyard, Shiloh, Caintuck Hollow...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed
Report (volume)
rocks__________-_______________________ -____ Alabama.________________-___------____-_---______---___---__...and shales______-___--___-____-.____-____-_-___ Alabama._________-__-____-__-__-_---_--_---_-__----_-_-__-__...etc...-.-----_-__----___----_-_--._____--__._ Alabama._____________-_____--__-______-_-_-.___--_____-_____...gangue material._______________________________ Alabama.____________________________________________________...of the United States are explained below: Ala., Alabama. Ariz., Arizona. Ark., Arkansas. Calif., California
Report (issue)
active clay, too deep to be profitably worked. Sandy clay is not worked in this country, for the jills...thoy cannot be distinguished. from Y~olin or bentonite, but a'lump of active clay placed in water does...old stream beet with two laterals fillocl with sandy peat extending from top to bottom (about 20 feet)...for such a duct is· choked by adsorbed water. Bentonite slakes readily but is impervious to water when...precise results had previously been obtained with bentonite. The fines in that experiment were obtained by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
certain mixed-layer clays comprising Ordovician K-bentonite beds of the Appalachian region. Figure 8 shows...TECHNOLOGY FIGURE 17. [Bull. 169 Nontronite from Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. Pt-Pd shadowed. Graphic scale...broken surface of a specimen of nontronite from Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. The particle near the center...39. I Bull. 169 Replica of nontronite from Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. Pt-Pd shadowed. Graphic scale
Report (volume)
each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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Sci. Jour.-Alabama Academy of Science Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey BulL-Alabama Geological...Chicago. _ . Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Sci. Ser., Paleontology-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly; Science...Nuclear Sci. Abs.-Nuclear Science Abstracts. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ohio Dept. Nat. Res., Div. Water Bull.; Inf...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 982-D, p. iii...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, J efferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 320, 16 p.
Report (volume)
......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Report (volume)
(fig. 25). Bluish- to yellowish-gray clayey and sandy shale containing a persistent coal bed (Nodaway)...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...group. Characterized by dominance of sandstone, sandy shale, and siltstone; coals rarely more than 24...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian
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COLLABORATING STATE AGENCIES Geological Survey of Alabama, University, Ala. Department of :ty.lines, Mining..._____________ _ Blue Ridge ________________________________ _ Valley and Ridge ___________________________..._________________________________ _ 27 28 30 30 Valley and Ridge province,.-_-----------Appalachian Plateaus provin...tensely disturbed local areas ___ --- - -- -- Blue Ridge and Piedmont provinces ____ --- 12 13 13 13 13...___ _ 96 Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces ______ _ Valley and Ridge province ______________ _ Appalachian
 
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