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Lithium, a preliminary survey of its mineral occurrence in flint clay and related rock types in the United States

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  • Tourtelot, Harry A.
  • Brenner-Tourtelot, Elizabeth F.

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Maximum concentrations of lithium found in samples of flint clay and associated rocks of Pennsylvanian age in different States, in parts per million (ppm), are: Missouri, 5100; Pennsylvania-Maryland, 2100; Kentucky, 890; Ohio, 660; Alabama, 750; and Illinois, 160. Lithium-bearing kaolin deposits are distributed in the Coastal Plain province from New Jersey to Texas, and one occurs in Idaho; maximum lithium concentrations in samples from these deposits range from 64 to 180 ppm. The maximum concentration found in the Arkansas bauxite region is 460 ppm and that in flint clay in Colorado is 370 ppm. Samples from areas other than Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri are relatively few in number, represent mostly commercially valuable clays, and represent only a part of the refractory clay deposits in the United States. Data are not available on the clays associated with these deposits that may be unusable because they contain too much lithium as well as other deleterious elements. In both Pennsylvania and Missouri, lithium contents vary regionally between districts and locally between deposits.

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  • Tourtelot, Harry A. & Brenner-Tourtelot, Elizabeth F., 1978. "Lithium, a preliminary survey of its mineral occurrence in flint clay and related rock types in the United States," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 3(3), pages 263-272.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:3:y:1978:i:3:p:263-272
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(78)90022-1
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