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• Doc Name: TABLE 9-2 SUITABILITY RATINGS FOR SOILS AS SOURCES OF TOPSOILING MATERIAL
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Table 9-2. Suitability Ratings for Soils as Sources of Tops oiling Material.l

Factors Affecting Use Good Fair Poor Unusable
Texture Class2
Moist Consistence3
Electrical Conductivity (EC)
(mmhos/an)
Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR)
pH
Acid-Base Potential
(ABP, Tons CaC03/1000 Tons Soil)
Coarse Fragments (%)
Saturation Percentage (%)
iron (B, ppm)
Copper (C u, ppm)
Zinc (Zn, ppm)
Plolybdenum (Mo, ppm)
Selenium (Se, ppm)
vfsl, fsl,
sl, 1, sil
vfr, fr
<4
<q
6.0-8.4
4-13
5.0-6.0;
8.4-8.9
>5
<15 15-35
25-80
<8
< 40
<40
<0.3
<2.0
s, c, sc, sic
vfi, exfi
>8
13-30 > 30
4.5-5.0; 8.9-9.5 <4.5; >9.5
<5
35-50 > 50
<25; >80
>8
>40
> 40
> 0.3
> 2.0
1 Material presented in this table is taken from the Western Regional Technical Work-
Planning Conference of the Cooperative Soil Survey, Soils and Soil Materials Disturbed
by Mining Operations, Committee 5. San Diego, CA. February 1-s-17, 1978.
2 S - sand, is - loamy sand, lfs - loamy fine sand, sl - sandy loam, fsl - fine sandy
loam, vfsl - very fine sandy loam, 1 - loam, sil - silt loam, sicl - silty clay loam,
scl - sandy clay loam, cl - clay loam, sic - silty clay, sc - sandy clay, c - clay.
3 Lo - loose, vfr - very friable, f - friable, fi - firm, vfi - very firm, exfi -
extremely firm.
lfs, ls, cl,
scl, sicl
lo, fi
4-8
9-7
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