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C horizon - 8 to 20 inches; brown (lOYR 5/3) silt loam with 15% sandstone and shale <br />fragments, dazk brown (lOYR 4/3) moist; moderate medium subangulaz blocky <br />structure; hazd dry consistence, friable moist consistence; slightly sticky and slightly <br />plastic wet consistence; common fine and very fine, and few medium roots; <br />noneffervescent, neutral (pH 6.7, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. <br />OB1 horizon - 20 to 40 inches; light yellowish brown (lOYR 6/4) silt loam with 20% <br />sandstone and other overburden fragments, yellowish brown (1 OYR 5/4) moist; horizon is <br />overburden spoil but has some topsoil mixed in the upper part of the depth interval; <br />massive structure; hazd dry consistence, firm moist consistence, sticky and slightly plastic <br />wet consistence; moderately effervescent, neutral (pH 7.3, from lab data); gradual wavy <br />boundary. <br />OB2 (overburden spoil) - 40 to 72 inches; brownish yellow (lOYR 6/6) silt loam <br />overburden spoil, dazk yellowish brown (1 OYR 4/6) moist; compacted, massive structure; <br />very hard dry consistence, firm moist consistence, sticky and plastic wet consistence; <br />moderately calcazeous; moderately alkaline (pH 7.9, from lab data); gradual wavy <br />boundary. <br />2W Mine Reclaimed Land Soil Pit 2WTS-06-PI (2W Pit 1) <br />Sample site 2WTS-06-P1 is located on reclaimed land at the 2W Mine. Site <br />• chazacteristics include: reclaimed 18% slope on hill sideslope position; south aspect; <br />mixed reclamation grasses and forbs, excellent cover and productivity; reapplied topsoil; <br />well drained; moderate permeability; slight erosion at site; sampled July 25, 2006; soil <br />samples for lab include 0-6" (reapplied topsoil), 6-16" (reapplied topsoil), 16-36" <br />(primarily weathered overburden spoil with some reapplied topsoil mixed in), and 36-64" <br />(overburden spoil). <br />A horizon - 0 to 6 inches; brown (lOYR 4/3) loam with 14% gravel-size sandstone <br />fragments, dazk brown (lOYR 3/3) moist; moderate coazse platy structure parting to <br />moderate medium granulaz structure; slightly hard dry consistence, friable moist <br />consistence, slightly sticky and slightly plastic wet consistence; few to common fine and <br />very fine, and few medium and coazse roots; noneffervescent, neutral (pH 7.0, from lab <br />data); gradual wavy boundary. <br />C1 horizon - 6 to 16 inches; brown (lOYR 5/3) loam with 14% gravel-size sandstone <br />fragments, dazk brown (lOYR 4/3) moist; moderate medium subangulaz blocky structure; <br />hazd dry consistence, friable moist consistence, slightly sticky and slightly plastic wet <br />consistence; few to common fine and very fine, and few medium and coazse roots; <br />noneffervescent, slightly alkaline (pH 7.4, from lab data); gradual wavy boundary. <br />C2/OBl horizon (mix of reapplied topsoil and weathered overburden spoil) - 16 to 36 <br />inches; grayish brown (lOYR 5/2) silt loam with 20% sandstone fragments, dazk grayish <br />• brown (lOYR 4/2) moist; massive structure; very hazd dry consistence, very fum moist <br />7 <br />