Table 1 Mass fraction of whole rock minerals and the clay mineral mass percentage/%.

From: Reservoir damage mechanism and “Double protection” drilling fluid of tight sandstone gas reservoir in central SiChuan Basin

Quartz

Potash feldspar

Plagioclase

Calcite

Dolomite

Claymineral

36

12

41

2

3

6

35

8

49

1

3

4

44

7

46

1

2

Kaolinite

Chlorite

Illite

Illite-montmorillonitemixed-layer

Interlayingratio

0

35

11

54

30

0

69

13

18

20

0

75

15

10

20