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Clay Mineral Formation in Mud Pots, Yellowstone Park, Wyoming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

John B. Droste
John B. Droste*
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Department of Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Abstract

Kaolinitic, montmorillonitic, illitic, and mixed-layer clay minerals are found in mud springs and mud pots of Yellowstone Park. A sequence of alteration is proposed as Phase I, alteration of bedrock and sediments by hot spring waters to produce three-layer clay minerals (including mixed layer species) and kaolinite-group minerals; Phase II, further alteration to produce a mud composed predominantly of kaolinite and some form of silica.

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 15 , February 1967 , pp. 409 - 422
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Copyright © 1967, Springer International Publishing

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