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• Section_Exhibit Name: TAB 6 GEOLOGY AND OVERBURDEN ASSESSMENT
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TABLE 6-2A
Parame~[er, Procedure, and Reference List
for Seneca llW-Southern Mine Block Overburden Analysis
by InterMountain Lab, Sheridan, Wyoming, April 1992
Parameter-Units Procedure-Reference
Sample Preparation Samples were dried at less than 35°C and crushed
to pass a 10 mesh sieve (excessive grinding was
avoided).
Subsampling less than 2 mm fraction USDA 119691. Method 1, p. 83-84.
Preparation of saturation extract and saturation Rhoades 119821, Method 10-2.3.1.
percentage determination
pH (determination using saturated pastel
Conductivity of saturation extract in mmhos/cm at
25°C
Soluble calcium, magnesium, and sodium in meg/1
Sodium Adsorption Ratio
Particle size analysis in % sand, silt, and clay
Sand Fractionation in %
Total sulfur in %
Sulfur fractionation in %
Neutralization potential in tons CaCO~ per 1,000 tons
of spoil
Acid base potential (APBI in tons CaCO~ per 1,000
tons of spoil
Manganese in ppm
Molybdenum in ppm
Cadmium, Copper, Nickel, Arsenic, Chromium, Lead,
and Zinc in ppm
Iron in ppm
Selenium in ppm
Mercury in ppm
Boron in ppm
Chlorine and Fluorine in ppm
Aluminum in ppm
Ammonium- and Nitrate-Nitrogen in ppm
USDA (19691. Method 21a, p. 102.
Rhoades 119821, Method 10-3.3.
Rhoades 11982), Section 10-3.4.
USDA 11969), p. 26.
Gee and Bauder 119861, Method 15.5.
Gee and Bauder 119861, Method 15-5.2.4.
Sobek et al. 119781, p. 51.55, 60 mesh sieve.
ASTM (19801, 60 mesh sieve.
USDA (1969) Method 23C, p. 105, 60 mash sieve.
Smith et al. 119741, p. 48-49, 60 mesh sir:ve.
Gambrel) and Patrick 119821, Method 18-3.4.
Vlek (19751, extraction by NH,CO~ or Reisenauer
(19651. Section 74-2.3.
Baker and Amacher (19821. Method 19-3.:3.
Olson and Ellis 119821, Method 17-4.3.
Fine (1965), Method 80-3 and Soltanpour et al.
(1982), Method 3-5.5.4.
Stewart and Bettany 119821, Method 22-3.
Bingham (19821, Method 25-9.1.
Adriano and Doner 119(321. Methods 26-3 ,and 26-
4.4.
Barnhisel and Bertsch 119821, Method 16-3.2.
Keeney and Nelson 119821, Methods 33-6.2 and 33-
6.3 or 33-7 and 33-8.

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