How did the clay get in its present location? How was it deposited?
Our mineral deposit comes from elements that originated in the mineral rich US Rocky Mountains. Over time, the minerals from these mountain regions were transported by water via streams and waterways, eventually ending up in the turbulent Colorado River. On the journey, the river pushed, mixed, and ground the mineral particles naturally, into finer and finer condition. Because most nutritional minerals are naturally positive ions, these nutrients became electrically bound to the colloidal silicates that comprise our Montmorillonite clay compound. These natural microscopic sediments were eventually deposited in quiet overflow regions where they settled in uncontaminated layers. The deposits quickly evaporated, so no plant or animal life could intrude, and the dry and windy desert climate locked in layer after layer of clean, fine clay. The dry desert protected the active ionic state of the silica and the other minerals that attach to it. Over the millennia, our mine received billions of
