CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE HAWTHORNE GROUP by John H. Hetrick Michael S. Friddell Charles E. Weaver DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 79 CLA1 MINERALOGY OF THE HAWTHORNE GROUP by John H. Hetrick, Michael S. Friddell, and Charles E. Weaver DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES J. Leonard Ledbetter, Commissioner ENVI~ONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Harold F. Reheis, A~sistant Director GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY William H. McLemore, State Geologist ATLANTA 1987 INFORMATION CIRCU~AR 79 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION STUDY AREA AND PREVIOUS WORK LABORATORY METHODS RESULTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES CITED APPENDICES Page 1 3 5 8 8 45 46 47 l. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE PAGE 1 Stratigraphic Correlation Chart 2 2 Location Map of Cores ..................................... . 4 3 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 1 ....................... 11 4 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 2 ....................... 12 5 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 3 ....................... 13 6 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 4 ............. ..... ..... 14 7 C~ay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 5 ....................... 15 8 CLay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 6 .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. 16 9 Clay ~inerals Distribution ~n Core 7 ..... , ... .... .......... 17 10 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 8 .............. ,, ....... 18 11 Ctay ~inerals Distribution ~n Core 9 ....................... 19 12 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 10 ...................... 20 13 C~ay ~inerals Distribution ~n Core 11 ...................... 21 14 Clay '1inerals Distribution m Core 12 ...................... 22 15 Clay ~inerals Distribution ~n Core 13 ...................... 23 16 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 14 ...................... 24 17 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 15 ...................... 25 18 Clay ~1inerals Distribution ~n Core 16 ...................... 26 19 Clay ~inerals Distribution ~n Core 17 ...................... 27 20 Clay Minerals Distribution m Core 18 ...................... 28 21 Clay :1inerals Distribution ~n Core 19 ...................... 29 22 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 20 ...................... 30 23 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 21 ...................... 31 24 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 22 ............. . ........ 32 25 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 23 ...................... 33 26 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 24 ...................... 34 27 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 25 ...................... 35 28 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 26 ...................... 36 29 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 27 ...................... 37 30 Clay Minerals Distribution ~n Core 28 ...................... 38 ~~ LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1. Minerals Reported from the Hawthorne Group Sediments by Previous Workers ...................... . 7 2. Clay Mineral Composition Means for Samples Statistically Analyzed ................................... . 9 3. Clay Mineral Composition Means for Samples Not -,.,..;.... Statistically Analyzed ................................... . 10 4. Results of the Kruskal-Wallis Analysis of Variance .............................................. . .. . 40 5. Results of Scheffe Method Tests ......................... .. 42 iii APPENDICES APPENDIX A -- Compilation of X-Ray Diffraction Results for Major Clay Minerals APPENDIX B -- Compilation of Chlorite Compositions APPENDIX C -- Core Locations, Designations, and Depths 1V INTRODUCTION This study is part of a regional investigation of the mineralogy, biostratigraphy, and lithology of the Hawthorne Group. This portion of the investigation consists of the compilation and statistical evaluation of X-ray diffraction data from 713 samples obtained from 28 cores. The results of this study are intended to provide a clay mineral data base from which interpretations concerning the clay mineral origins and distributions can be made. The stratigraphic relationships of the formations which compose the Hawthorne Group and associated formations are shown in Figure 1. 1 GEOLOGIC UNITS SAMPLED EPOCH Up dip PLEISTOCENE ONSHORE Fm. OFFSHORE Downdip E lL MIOCENE O..JGOCENE EOCENE Ocala Gp. ~ STRATIGRAPHIC GAP *Recognized as Penney Farms in Florida E lL ...... Q) 0. 0 0 0 Unnamed Figure 1. Stratigraphic Correlation Chart (After Huddlestun, in prep.) 2 STUDY AREA AND PREVIOUS WORK Interest 1n the clay mineralogy of the Hawthorne Group has been primarily due to the presence of palygorskite and sepiolite. This 1s because palygorskite and sepiolite are: (1) major mineral components of Georgia's econom1c deposits of Fuller's earth (the Fuller's earth 1s stratigraphically equivalent to the Hawthorne Group), (2) rare from the standpoint of worldwide occurrence, and (3) believed to have formed authigenically. The study area (Figure 2) was, to some extent, determined by the availability of cores. It was also necessary that the study area 1nelude Miocene-age marine sediments, so as to assure the reliability of stratigraphic correlation (by paleontology). Given these constraints, the geographic area investigated did not include the thick econom1c deposits of palygorskite and sepiolite in southwest Georgia. The areas from which the cores were taken are southeastern Georgia, southwestern South Carolina, and northeastern Florida. The Georgia cores were taken from Screven, Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Wayne, Camden, and Charlton Counties. The cores from Florida were taken from Nassau, Baker, Clay, Bradford, Putnam, and Alachua Counties. The single core from South Carol ina was from Jasper County. General locations of the cores can be found in Figure 2 and specific locations are given 1n Appendix C. Previous investigations of the mineralogy of the Hawthorne Group were made by McClellan (1964), Reynolds 0962), Patterson and Buie (1974), Heron and Johnson 0966), Gremi 11 ion (1965), and Weaver and Beck (1977). Semiquant it at i ve estimation of clay mineral abundances are included 1n the studies of McClellan (1964), Weaver and Beck ( 1977), and Heron and Johnson ( 1966). Reynolds (1962) 1n his study 3 ~"'LEN1>A~-~ I .' / / 'SCREVEN 23 /' . )'H"MPT\~~-\ ' - / , """\../', ' - ) \ '\..._ '(.tt7,Tr1 l /~,.--'""\., 15... , 12 ') JASPER ') \_, \, .,BULLOCH\. Ql ./BEAUFORT \t:ANDLER, ') ~ ~ {"\./ c-~~"- _,..,It ,..- "'. \, \.'v4\tst_,..- t,/-'1o 's s ( '"- _:..;r tTATTNALL_J(. \_BR...,Y...AN\_~9J'A1T1H 28 _jr'-""'.L;~j) ! \ '\. '- - ~IBEAT'y-.-4 ~ I APPLING \ ;'I.,, j \-.., I ' - LONG "- ''I'\.' '-"'"-~ I I I I '-c' ( ( \, L, l BACON'"'-., _. _( ~-~ WAYNE e26 YM~ ciNTOSH I 'l PIERCE\-- .......,. ~- ,.. l WARE'":::_:'A-A-NTLEY - I~-GLYNN \ -__l_r"' \ ' J '---1 e5 > \ \ CHARLTON CAMDEN l1l,--l 6e I II I .........__, / .......... / , DUVAL V I" I BAKER 24 I I - - -. r l - r- 21 - - - t .,l "'"l._ _ L\UNION/~~(<>I\ CLAY ') J . \/-."..'." .,..__,.~.-~- ....~-. -- II- \I\,_;- ALACHUA 0 \e13 ' "'5 ' ,---- I 2 \ I PUTNAM L - _,..- I I_, 20e r--' -<.,. \FLAGLER 1 ' ~-----, J ,_,.- -"\. _....->\_ __ EXPLANATION CORE HOLE - - - COUNTY BOUNDARY - STATE BOUNDARY 0 20 40 60 MILES Figure 2. Location Map of Cores. 4 included relative abundances of clays based on visual estimations from diffractograms. A listing of the minerals found 1n the Hawthorne Group by previous investigators 1s given 1n Table 1. The most comprehensive of the above studies is that of Weaver and Beck, (1977) who conclude that .... "palygorskite and sepiolite were formed 1n brackish water probably under schizohaline conditions. Sepiolite was deposited in the fresher-water environment." LABORATORY METI-fODS The stratigraphic assignments and samples of the cores were provided by Paul Huddlestun. Approximately one-half of the samples 1vere processed and analyzed hy personnel at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The remainder of the analyses were performed by Georgia Geologic Survey personnel using the same laboratory techniques as were used by Georgia Institute of Technology personnel. Each sample was crushed to a powder and dispersed in deionized water for approximately one minute with a blender. If the suspended clay flocculated after this dispersion, several ml of calgon solution (4mg/100 ml H20) were added and the suspension placed in an ultrasonic bath for several minutes. After a nonflocculating dispersion of the clay was achieved, a gravity separation of the particles smaller than two microns was made. In accordance with the equation of Folk (1955, p. 40), after a settling time of 13 minutes, clay from the top 0.3 em of the suspension was removed with an eyedropper and deposited on a glass microscope slide. Each oriented clay slide was saturated with ethylene glycol vapor and then examined by X-ray diffraction. As the 001 d iff rae t ion peak 5 areas for kaolinite, illite and smectite* and the 110 diffraction peak areas of palygorskite, and sepiolite are related to the compositional abundances of these minerals (Carrol, 1970, p.65), the areas of these specific peaks were measured using a planimeter and the presence of other minerals noted. In diffractograms where the palygorskite (110) peak overlaps the illite (001) peak or the sepiolite (llO) peak, the peak areas were visually partitioned. To correct for the intrinsically low diffraction intensities of illite, kaolinite, palygorskite, and sepiolite, their peak areas were multiplied hy mineral specific constants 1n order to approximate mineral abundance. The constants used for the correction of the illite and kaolinite peak areas are 9.4 and 7.1 respectively (Heath and Pisias, 1979) and the palygorskite and sepiolite constants are 3.0 and 2.0 respectively (Weaver and Beck, 1977). Because crystallinity, particle size, and chemical composition affect the accuracy of such analyses, truly quantitative values for the current study would have required that new constants be established specifically for the sediments examined in this study. Even if such constants had been developed, it is possible the parameters that affect the constants (crystallinity, particle size, and chemical composition) would vary enough with respect to depth (time) to invalidate quantitative measurements of clay mineralogy. Since the establishment of these constants was not feasible, the percentage mineral composition of the clay fractions is semiquantitative. *smectite is the name of the group of expandable clay minerals which includes montmorillonite. 6 TABLE 1. MINERALS REPORTED FROM THE HAWTHORNE GROUP SEDIMENTS BY PREVIOUS WORKERS CLAY MINERALS OTHER MINERALS kaolinitel,2,3,4,5,6* calcitel,3,4,5,6 si 11 imanite 3 ' 6 illite1,2,4,5,6 dolomite1,3,4,5,6 rutile 36 palygorskite (attapulgite)l,2,3,4,5,6 phosphate minerals1,3,4,5,6 ilmenite 3 -.1 sepiolitel,2,3,4,5,6 microclinel,6 feldspar2,3,5 zircon6 smectite (montmorillonite)l,2,3,4,5,6 Fe-chlorite6 orthoclasel,6 I opal, cristobalite1,3,5,6 t ou rma 1 . ~ne 6 staurolite 6 chert2 kyanite 6 pyrite 2 biotite 6 garnet3 muscovite 6 Clinoptilolite4,6 * 1- McClellan (1964), 2- Reynolds (1962), 3- Patterson and Buie (1974), 4- Heron and Johnson (1966), 5 -Gremillion (1965), 6 -Weaver and Beck (1977) The percentage of each clay mineral in each sample was calculated from the corrected diffraction peak areas of the clay-size fraction. Semi-quantitative clay mineral compositions as well as the occurrences of non-clay minerals are listed 1n Appendix A. The precision of this method (one standard deviation) 1s !2.2, !2.9, and !1.5 percent for smectite, illite, and kaolinite respectively. RESULTS The geologic units involved in the analyses, the number of samples examined, and the mean clay mineral compositions are given in Table 2. Similar information is given 1n Table 3 for geologic units for which less than 20 samples were available. Comparisons of the mean clay mineral compositions of var1ous geologic units suggest that there are some obvious clay mineralogy differences between the units, such as, the Marks Head Formation being high in palygorskite. However, examination of the stratigraphic distribution of clay mineral compositions (Sm smectite, P =palygorskite, S = sepiolite, I = illite, K =kaolinite, C = chlorite) in Figures 3 through 30 indicates that there is a high variability of clay mineral composition that 1s not obviously related to stratigraphic position. Thus, in order to determine which mean clay mineral compositions are significantly different, statistical analyses were performed. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS In the statistical analysis the clay mineral composition data were grouped on the basis of stratigraphic occurrence (formations or groups). No consideration was given to the core from which a sample was obtained. Data for any geologic unit which did not contain 20 samples were not analyzed. The cells, stratigraphic horizons, number 8 TABLE 2. CLAY MINERAL COMPOSITION MEANS FOR SAMPLES STATISTICALLY ANALYZED Geologic Unit Number of Samples Means (%) Smect i te Pa l ygorskite Se pio l ite Ill i te Kaolinite Pleistocene Formations (2)* 33 37.5 4.8 0.0 14.5 43.0** Pliocene Formations (3) 41 27.5 4. 5 3.8 13.9 49.8** Coosawhatchie Formations (6) 233 42.9 14.1 7.4 32.5 3.1 C1) ~ Marks Head 0..0 1-1 C1) 0 ~rl...cu 1-1 :3: Formation (7) Parachucla*** 220 31.4 41.2 14.6 10.2 2.1 I'll I'll ~;:I:l Formation (8) 120 54.6 12.2 6.8 18.7 7.7 I C1) ~ rl 1-1 I'll ~ C1) C1) ~ ~ ~ I'll"" 1-1 c:: rl 1-1 I'll ..r0::: bOS.u 1-1 0 :3: I'll 0 I'll ~z:r: Altamaha Formation (11) 21 62.0 1.5 Oligocene Formations (9) 22 67.4 9.9 - - - - - - * Number used for formation identification ** Also contains chlorite *** Recognized as Penney Farms Formation in Florida 0.0 11.9 24.6** 4.4 14.6 3.7 TABLE 3. CLAY MINERAL COMPOSITION MEANS FOR SAMPLES NOT STATISTICALLY ANALYZED Geologic Unit Number of Samples Means (%) Smectite Palygorskite Sepiolite Illite Kaolinite Hawthorne (5)* Undifferentiated 3 26.9 1.2 0.0 54.2 17.7 ...... Q) Hawthorne 0 p 1-4 Equivalen~ (lO) 11 17.3 58.6 4.0 6.5 13.6 Q) 0 ..P... . . C.u 1-4 ~ Upper Miocene :C:'eCI::::Cc'CI Hawthorne Equivalent (12) 7 15.9 21.4 0.0 31.2 31.5 Q) p Qc:) ..... 1-4 1-4 0 aC'CI..C .u p ~ z0::cC'CI Screven Fonnation (4) 2 0.0 0.0 * Number used for formation identification ** Also contains chlorite 0.0 0.0 97.5** 0 50 CORE I 100 1w w ~ I 1- 0w... 0 150 200 CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. s CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 3. Clay Minerals Distr~bution in Core 1 (Georgia Power B-41). K-kaolinite, 1-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 11 0 50 100 i= UJ Uu.J.. ~ 150 b:: UJ 0 CORE 2 Sm 200 NASHUA FM., (PLIOCENE) COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM ., HAWTHORNE GP. 250 0 N CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. Figure 4. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 2 (Fta. Bureau of Geotogy W-8400). K-kaolinite, !-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 12 0 50 CORE 3 100 1w - UJ ~ ~ 150 0... UJ 0 200 250 CYPRESSHEAD FM., K (PLIOCENE) CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 5. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 3 (Fla. Bureau of Geology W-10482). K-kaolinite, I-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 13 0 50 100 1UJ UJ !b :r: t ~ CORE 4 150~------~~~~--------~ COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. 200 CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 6. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 4 (GGS 1337, Bryan 2). K-kaolinite, I-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 14 0 CORE 5 100 1w w LL I 1- w0... 0 150 200 COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 7. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 5 (GGS 1339, Camden 2). K-kaolinite, I-illite, 8-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 15 0 CORE 6 150 200 ..... w UJ u_ ~ 250 I 1Cl... ~ Sm 300 350 400 450 COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP . MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 8. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 6 (GGS 3185, Charlton 2). K-kaolinite, !-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 16 0 CORE 7 Sm SATILLA FM., (PLEISTOCENE) ~ UJ UJ ~ Sm I l:L UJ 0 150 DUPLIN FM. (PLIOCENE) COOSAWHATCHIE FM ., HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. 200 PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. LAZARETTO CREEK FM., (OLIGOCENE) 250 ~~~~~~~--~~~~ 0 C\1 0 0 0 <0 co 0 T"" CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 9. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 7 (GGS 535, Chatham 1). K-kaolinite, I-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 17 0 CORE 8 Sm 100 I 1-- Q._ UJ 0 150 200 K SATILLA FM., (PLEISTOCENE) HAWTHORNE UNDIFFERENTIATED COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. LAZARETTO CREEK FM., ( OLIGOCENE) CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 10. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 8 (GGS 1341, Chatham 3). K-kao1inite, I-il1ite, S-sepio1ite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 18 0 CORE 9 50 Sm 100 CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. ~ LLJ uLL..J 150 I ~ CL LLJ 0 200 p MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. PARACHUCLA FM., Sm HAWTHORNE GP. 250~--------------~~--~ LAZARETTO CREEK FM. (OLIGOCENE) CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 11. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 9 (GGS 3139, Chatham 14). K-kaolinite, I-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 19 0 CORE I 0 Sm 50 CYPRESSHEAD FM., K (PLIOCENE) 100 1ww- LL 150 I 1-0... w 0 200 Sm 250 COOSAWHATCHIE FM., K HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM., p HAWTHORNE GP. s P LAZARETTO CREEK FM ., (OLIGOCENE) ' . CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 12. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 10 (GGS 3135, Chatham 15). K-kaolinite, I-illite, 8-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 20 0 50 CORE I I 100 Iww u.. I I- Q.. UJ 0 150 Sm PLEISTOCENE UN DIFFERENT! ATED K COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP. MARKS HEAD FM., HAyYTHORNE GP. 200 CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 13. Clay ~inerals Distribution in Core 11 (GGS 1445, Chatham 13). K-kaolinite, !-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 21 0 CORE I 2 COOSAWHATCHIE FM., K HAWTHORNE GP. 200 CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION(%) Figure 14. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 12 (S. Carolina Geologic Survey, Dawson Landing). K-kaolinite, 1-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 22 0 50 CORE 13 100 Sm 150 ..... UJ Uu.J. a~.. 2.50 UJ Cl Sm 300 Sm 350 400 450 K CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP . MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. PAR ACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 15. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 13 (Fla. Bureau of Geology W-10488). K-kaolinite, 1-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 23 50 100 ..... w w l.L I..... w0... D 150 s 200 CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. 0 0 N '<:!' CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 16. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 14 (GGS 2179, Effingham 6). K-kaolinite, 1-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 24 0 CORE 15 50 Sm 100 i= U1 U1 lL I 1- Q.. U1 0 150 200 UPPER PARACH UCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. LOWER PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. SUWANNEE LS. (OLIGOCENE) OCALA GP . (EOCENE) CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 17. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 15 (GGS 3108, Effingham 10). K-kaolinite, I-i1lite, S-sepiolite, P-pa1ygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 25 .,_ UJ UJ LL .I,_ CL UJ 0 200- CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP . PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. s SUWANNEE LS . (OLIGOCENE) 250 L-~-o~~-oL-~~oL-L-~o--~ N '<:!' CO CO ,.... CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 18. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 16 (GGS 3109, Effingham 11). K-kaolinite, I-illite, S-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 26 0 - CYPRESSHEAD FM., (PLIOCENE) 50 MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP. ~--- 100 1L.U L.U LL I 10... L.U 0 150 Sm LOWER PARACHUCLA FM., HAWTHORNE GP. SUWANNEE LS . (OLIGOCENE) p 200 - OCALA GP . (EOCENE) CUMULATIVE COMPOSITION (%) Figure 19. Clay Minerals Distribution in Core 17 (GGS 3110, Effingham 12). K-kaolinite, !-illite, 8-sepiolite, P-palygorskite, Sm-smectite, C-Chlorite 27 0 1- w w u... I I- Cw... 0 150 200 PLEISTOCENE UN DIFFERENTIATED COOSAWHATCHIE FM., HAWTHORNE GP . MARKS HEAD FM., HAWTHORNE GP . 0 0 0 N "