The invention discloses an organic modified bentonite and a preparation method thereof, and relates to an organic mineral and a preparation method thereof. 8-hydroxyquinoline is used as a modifying agent to modify calcium-based bentonite so as to prepare the modified bentonite-8-hydroxyquinoline modified bentonite. The preparation method for the 8- hydroxyquinoline modified bentonite comprises the following steps: firstly, processing raw soil; then, preparing solution of 8-hydroxyquinoline sodium hydroxide; and finally preparing the 8-hydroxyquinoline modified bentonite. The preparation method for the 8-hydroxyquinoline modified soil particularly comprises the following steps: adding distilled water into a certain amount of the bentonite, and stirring the mixture to prepare 15 percent soil suspension; adding 0.2 to 0.3 g/L solution of 8-hydroxyquinoline sodium hydroxide into the suspension for uniform mixing,; and stirring and heating for 60 minutes in a water bath, filtering, drying, grinding, and sifting through a 0.096 mm sieve to prepare the 8-hydroxyquinoline modified soil. The organic modified bentonite serving as an adhesive, a thickener, a purification decolorant, a catalyst and the like has quite wide application prospect in the fields of metallurgy, mechanical foundry, drilling, petrochemical engineering, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and the like.