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• Table 4-3. Topsoil and spoil material analysis comparisons, for plant growth <br />suitability at Trapper Mine (198li-1989), vs 1997 Ashmore pk spoils. <br />• <br />Topsoil Spoil 1997 Ashmore <br />Weighed (1) Weighed (2) pit (3) <br />Parameter (4) <br />pH (standard units) 7.24 7.38 7.5 <br />Etedrical Condudivfty (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 />Nitrate 21.79 7.37 13.9 <br />Phosphorus 14.38 1.47 1.3 <br />Potassium 268.71 102.80 50.8 <br />Zinc 1.97 8.56 3.4 <br />Iron 38.89 32.02 42.7 <br />Manganese (Mn) 15.79 11.85 7.3 <br />Copper 2.88 4.80 2.3 <br />Selenium 0.017 0.09 0.02 <br />Calcium (megll in sat ext.) 6.09 13.86 22.7 <br />Magnesium (meg/1 in sat ext.) 2.21 11.85 18.3 <br />Sodium (meg/I in sat ext.) 0.48 2.08 2.0 <br />S.A.R.(--) 0.25 0.65 0.4 <br />% Saturation 42.84 42.48 44.2 <br />Texture Clayey loam Clayey loam Sift loam <br />% Sand 33.55 33.38 40.7 <br />% Sift 34.84 30.71 58.3 <br />% Clay 31.79 35.94 3.2 <br />Mercury (mg/kg) 0.05 0.08 0.04 <br />Fluorine 0.14 0.40 2.8. <::'.. _: <br />% Total Sulfur 0.03 0.11 0.08 <br />Acid-Base Potential (-) +10.9 +52.43 +g9.7 <br />K (meg/I in sat ext.) 0.82 0.50 0.7 <br />(1) A, B, C, D and E pit topsoil 19851989. <br />(2) B, C, D and E pit overburden 19851989. <br />(3) A pit spoils sampled in 1997. <br />(4) ppm unless otherwise denoted. <br />BDN 7N8 <br />(DMGl97REPT4] <br />• <br />