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• <br />• <br />Table 43. Topsoil and spoil rrmtertal anaysis oomparisorre, for plant growth <br />suitabrlily at Trapper Mine (19851989), va.1998 Aslrrrore pit spoils. <br /> Topsoil Spoil 1998 Ashmore <br /> Weighed (1) Weighed (2) Pit (3) <br />Parameter (4) <br />Calcium (megll in sat end.) 8.09 13.86 22.7 <br />Copper 2.88 4.80 2.3 <br />Iron 38.69 32.02 42.7 <br />Magnesium (meg/l in sal end.) 2.21 11.85 18.3 <br />Manganese (Mn) 15.79 11.85 7.3 <br />Mercury (mglkg) 0.05 0.08 0.04 <br />Selenium 0.017 0.09 0.02 <br />S.A.R. (-) 0.25 0.65 0.4 <br />Sodium (meg/I in sat end.) 0.48 2.06 2.0 <br />Acid-Base Potential (-) +10.9 +52.43 +99.7 <br />Electrical Condudivily (mmhos/cm) 0.84 1.98 2.9 <br />Calcium Carbonate (%) 0.94 5.67 10.1 <br />Organic Matter (%) 3.80 4.08 2.0 <br />pH (standard units) 7.24 7.38 7.5 <br />% Saturation 42.64 42.46 44.2 <br />% Total Sulfur 0.03 0.11 0.06 <br />Te~dure Clayey bam Clayey loam Sitt loam <br />% Clay 31.79 35.94 3.2 <br />% Sand 33.55 33.38 40.7 <br />% Sitt 34.64 30.71 58.3 <br />Fluoride 0.14 0.40 2.6 <br />Phosphorus 14.36 1.47 1.3 <br />(1) A, B, C, D and E pit topsoil 1985-1989. <br />(2) B, C, D and E pit overburden 1985-1989. <br />(3) A pit spoils sampled in 1998. <br />(4) ppm unless otherwise denoted. <br />BDN 1/99 <br />[DMG\98REPT4] <br /> <br />