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Table 8. Summaryf of the soil data initially collected in 1976 and resampied in 1980 on the Canon City Dolomite <br />Quarry hlain Plot and Reference Areas. <br />e <br />Range of Soil Test Results <br />Soil Characteristics Reference Comments§ <br />1976 1980 Areas <br />pH 8.8-8.9 7.8-8.0 7.9-8.1 High, but dropping slightly <br />Conductivity (salts) 1.3-2.2 0.4-0.9 0.3-0.5 No salt problems <br />Lime (estimate) low-med high med-high <br />Organic matter (%) 0.3-0.4 0.3-0.5 1.8-5.7 Manure plots 1.4-2.0 (Treatment 7) <br />N03-N (ppm) 19-31 <1-8 5-10 Most plots 1-2, All treatments indicate a <br /> deficiency <br />P (ppm) 2-6 2-154 5-16 Only Treatment 1 very low <br />K (ppm) 8-10 <10-13 101-277 All treatments indicate a deficiency <br />Zn (ppm) 0.5-0.7 1.5-6.2 9.7-42.1 All treatments appear adequate <br />Fe (ppm) 1.8-2.2 1.0-4.5 4.8-14.0 Manure treatments 16.8-22.3, Treatment 1 is low, <br /> Treatments 2-6 marginal, Treatment 9 adequate <br />Mn (ppm) no data 2.2-5.3 5.4-14.4 Manure treatment 8.6-15.1, All treatments appear <br /> adequate <br />Cu (ppm) no data 0.1-0.7 2.7-4.3 All treatments appear adequate <br />Total N (%) no data .025-.036 0.109-0.259 Manure treatment .088-.104, All treatments below <br /> Reference Areas <br />Texture gravelly. gravelly sandy loam Gravel comprises approximately 55% of spoils with <br /> loamy sand loamy sand the remaining 45% of the soil faction: <br /> S 72%-81%, Si 15%-24%, C 4%-6% <br />fAll data in Appendix, pages 68 and 69. <br />§See Monarch's soil summary footnotes. <br />w <br />0 <br /> <br />