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Table 6-4. Statistical Comparison of Chemical Properties <br />for All Overburden Material for Seneca II Mine, • <br />Hayden, Colorado, October 1980. <br /> <br />Parameter) Range <br />Minimum Maximum Arithmei:ic <br />Mean Standard <br />Deviation <br />Frequency <br />Sand Fraction, % 4.0 75.0 36.8 10.1 77 <br />Silt Fraction, % 18.0 68.0 45.3 9.6 77 <br />Clay Fraction, % 7.0 56.0 17.9 10.3 77 <br />Saturation Point, % 27.8 62.5 43.6 6.9 77 <br />pH (units) 3.6 8.4 7.2 1.0 77 <br />Conductivity, mmhos/cm 0.1 4.3 1.3 1.1 77 <br />Sodium, meq/1 0.3 7.5 2.5 1.2 77 <br />Calcium, meq/1 0.5 32.5 9.3 9.5 77 <br />Magnesium, meq/1 0.4 41.0 7.4 8.4 77 <br />Sodium Adsorption Ratio 0.1 7.0 1.4 1.2 77 <br />Acid-Base Potential2 -69.6 241.3 33.3 54.6 77 <br />Molybdenum, ppm <br />B <1.0 <br /><0 <br />1 1.7 <br />1 <br />1 <1.0 <br /><0 <br />4 0.2 <br />0 <br />3 77 <br />77S <br />oron, ppm . . . . <br />Selenium, ppm <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.0 77 <br />Mercury, ppb <10.0 34.0 <12.4 6.5 30" <br />Cadmium, ppm <0.05 0.5 <0.1 0.1 495 <br />Copper, ppm 0.4 4.6 2.1 1.0 77 <br />Iron, ppm 13.7 468.9 81.4 87.8 495 <br />Lead, ppm <1.0 8.2 <2.2 1.8 495 <br />Manganese, ppm 1.2 48.7 11.3 9.7 495 <br />Nickel, ppm <0.3 9.8 <2.3 2.0 77 <br />Zinc, ppm <1.0 36.4 <9.0 7.8 77 <br />Total Nitrogen, ppm <2.0 8.0 <3.4 1.4 30" <br />Potassium, ppm 4.5 438.5 110.8 69.6 77 <br />Phosphorus, ppm 0.4 25.8 4.4 4.9 77 <br />'The following abbreviations are used: ppm - parts per million; ppb - parts per <br />billion. <br />ZUnits are tons CaC03 equivalent per 1,000 tons of material. • <br />3Not determined for Core 2131 <br />"Not determined for 1979 and 1980 cores <br />SNot determined for 1979 cores <br />6-20 <br />