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Montmorillonite from
Mount Alifan, Lamlan Ridge, Hågat, Guam, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Alifan, Lamlan Ridge, Hågat, Guam, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509542
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509542:1
GUID (UUID V4):fc2a3ad0-568b-40f9-8487-a84ee0787118
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Nordstrandite (Alroa'3HrO) occurs in Miocene limestone on Guam. A chemical analysis of the mineral including small...amounts oI quartz, goethite, halloysite and montmorillonite as impurities gives SiO24.l4ok, AIzOz63.g7To...the material is not nordstrandite. OccunnBNcp oN GuAM During the U. S. Geological Survey's studies of...of the mineralogy of Iimestonesfrom the island of Guam, a mineral having the r-ray diffraction characteristicsof...basal part of an upper Miocene limestoneon Guam. In south Guam this limestone forms a cap, several hundreds
Report (issue)
LIBRAR'l LIBRARY COPY General Geology of Guam GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 403-A suRe Ao...31971 •. GENERAL GEOLOGY OF GUAM • ,. Dissected upland, south Guam . A part of the Bolanos structural...the cuesta whose ridgeline is formed by Mount Bolanos and Mount Sasalaguan in the -c.enter of the photograph...west side of the cuesta is repeated by the peak of Mount Schroeder at the left. Photograph by U.S . Navy...-·... .:. ... .. I ' .,. General Geology of Guam By JOSHUA I. TRACEY, JR., SEYMOUR 0. SCHLANGER,
Report (issue)
Limestones of Guam GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 403-D Petrology of the Limestones of Guam By SEYMOUR...HATI-IAWAY and DOROTHY CARROLL GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...~icrostylolites in the Alifan Limestone _______ _ N ordstrandite deposits in the Alifan Limestone_ Dolomite...---------------------- Limestone formations of Guam ______________________ _ Limestone of Eocene (b)...Bonya Limestone ______________________________ _ Alifan Limestone ______________________________ _ Barrigada
Report (volume)
from head of East Fork of Eden Creek on north to ridge east of Goughs Canyon on south. Also occurs as fault-bounded...Stanislaus County. Well exposed west of Wilcox Ridge in sec. 23, T. 7 S., R. 6 E. and NE 1/.t sec. 3...(of Mariana Limestone) Pliocene and Pleistocene: Guam. J. I. Tracey, Jr., and others, 1964, U.S. Geol...surface cut on Alifan limestone. Type locality: In cliff south of town of Agana on island of Guam. Agate Creek...located. Underlies more than 13 square miles in Mount Barcroft quadrangle. White Mountains. Airport Sandstone
 
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