*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled as on Aug 10, 2004:	Ridge-like ; Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
Revised to :

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	C2004USMT186   Meagher Co, Montana	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S2004MT059003   Lat: 46° 39' 37.00" north  Long: 110° 42' 38.00" west  MLRA: 43B	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	04N0978	Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
04N05364	A	A	0-9	S04MT-059-003-1			COSL	L
04N05365	Bw1	Bw1	9-18	S04MT-059-003-2			SL	L
04N05366	Bw2	Bw2	18-27	S04MT-059-003-3			CN-SL	SCL
04N05367	Cr	Cr	27-120	S04MT-059-003-4				SCL

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
Weighted Particles, 0.1-75mm, 75 mm Base	54	% wt
Volume, >2mm, Weighted Average	12	% vol
Clay, total, Weighted Average	23	% wt
Clay, carbonate free, Weighted Average	23	% wt
CEC Activity, CEC7/Clay, Weighted Average, CECd, Set 1	0.79	(NA)
LE, Whole Soil, Summed to 1m	1	cm/m
Weighted averages based on control section: 0-27 cm

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
					3A1a1a					3A1a1a		3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a
04N05364	0-9	A	S	l	17.2	31.3	51.5			20.0	11.3	3.7	7.5	11.1	16.4	12.8	9	tr	1	53	10
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S	l	25.1	31.0	43.9			21.0	10.0	4.4	9.2	12.9	12.5	4.9	7	2	--	45	9
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S	scl	26.5	26.3	47.2			18.3	8.0	3.3	9.2	13.0	15.1	6.6	10	23	4	65	37
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP	scl	22.6	22.6	54.8			17.8	4.8	3.6	7.0	11.6	19.0	13.6
04N05367	27-120	Cr	S														--	--	--	--	--

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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Water Dispersible PSDA				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Dispersible - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				Clay	Silt	Sand	F	CO3	F	C	VF	F	M	C	VC
				<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1
	Depth			.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				3A1a6a					3A1a6a		3A1a6a	3A1a6a	3A1a6a	3A1a6a	3A1a6a
04N05364	0-9	A	S	10.3	32.4	57.3			20.7	11.7	6.0	10.1	13.6	25.8	1.8
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S	16.9	32.2	50.9			23.2	9.0	4.1	10.4	15.2	13.1	8.1
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S	20.4	25.9	53.7			18.0	7.9	4.7	10.7	15.5	15.4	7.4

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
				DbWR1	DbWR1			DbWR1	DbWR1	3C2a1a		3D1			3F1a1a
04N05364	0-9	A	S	1.43	1.54	0.023		20.6	19.3	9.5		1.019		0.13	100	1.00	0.55
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S	1.39	1.50	0.024		22.9	21.0	10.1		1.022		0.14	89	0.69	0.40
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S	1.45	1.60	0.025		24.7	18.9	9.7		1.022		0.10	82	0.68	0.37
04N05367	27-120	Cr	S	2.38	2.43	0.007			4.7
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP							10.0		1.022

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Water Content

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

(- - Atterberg - -)

(- - - - - Bulk Density - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - Limits - - -)

Field

Recon

Recon

Field

Recon

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sieved Samples - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

LL

PI

33

Oven

33

6

10

33

100

200

500

Depth

kPa

Dry

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

kPa

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

pct <0.4mm

(- - - - - - - - g cm-3 - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

3C1e1a

04N05364

0-9

A

S

13.0

04N05365

9-18

Bw1

S

13.7

04N05366

18-27

Bw2

S

12.2

04N05367

27-120

Cr

GP

13.6

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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Carbon  &  Extractions				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-
				(- - - - - Total - - - - -)			Est	OC	C/N	(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)			(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)						(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)
	Depth			C	N	S	OC	(WB)	Ratio	Fe	Al	Mn	Al+½Fe	ODOE	Fe	Al	Si	Mn	C	Fe	Al	Mn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)								mg kg-1	(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)
				4H2a	4H2a	4H2a				4G1	4G1	4G1		4G2	4G2	4G2	4G2	4G2		4G3	4G3	4G3
04N05364	0-9	A	S	2.07	0.21	0.01	2.1		10	1.0	0.1	tr	0.20	0.04	0.19	0.10	0.04	306.2		0.1	0.1	0.01
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S	1.23	0.17	tr	1.2		7	1.2	0.1	tr	0.25	0.04	0.25	0.12	0.04	347.0		0.2	0.2	--
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S	0.77	0.14	--	0.8		5	1.2	0.1	tr	0.28	0.04	0.25	0.16	0.06	363.0		0.1	0.1	--
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP	0.06	0.05	--	tr			0.8	0.1	tr	0.16	tr	0.09	0.11	0.06	232.3		--	tr	--

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CEC  &  Bases				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)								CEC8	CEC7	ECEC		(- - - - Base - - - -)
								Sum	Acid-	Extr	KCl	Sum	NH4	Bases	Al	(- Saturation -)
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	Bases	ity	Al	Mn	Cats	OAC	+Al	Sat	Sum	NH4OAC
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg kg-1	(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)
				4B1a1a	4B1a1a	4B1a1a	4B1a1a		4B2b1a1				4B1a1a
04N05364	0-9	A	S	10.4	3.7	--	0.9	15.0	7.8			22.8	17.2			66	87
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S	11.2	4.9	--	0.6	16.7	8.2			24.9	17.4			67	96
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S	11.9*	5.6	--	0.4	17.9	6.2			24.1	17.9			74	100
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP	11.4*	5.5	--	0.2	17.1	2.0			19.1	17.1			90	100

^*Extractable Ca may contain Ca from calcium carbonate or gypsum., CEC7 base saturation set to 100.

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Salt				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-	-20-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)																	1:2
																			Total	Elec	Elec	Exch
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	CO3	HCO3	F	Cl	PO4	Br	OAC	SO4	NO2	NO3	H2O	Salts	Cond	Cond	Na	SAR
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)										(- - - - % - - - -)		(- - dS m-1 - -)		%
																					4F1a1a1
04N05364	0-9	A	S																		0.23	--
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S																		0.05	--
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S																		0.06	--
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP																		0.04

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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pH  &  Carbonates

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - Carbonate - -)

(- - Gypsum - - -)

CaCl2

As CaCO3

As CaSO4*2H2O

Resist

Depth

0.01M

H2O

Sat

<2mm

<20mm

<2mm

<20mm

ohms

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

KCl

1:2

1:1

Paste

Oxid

NaF

(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)

cm-1

4C1a2a

4C1a2a

4E1a1a1a1

04N05364

0-9

A

S

5.6

6.2

04N05365

9-18

Bw1

S

5.3

6.1

04N05366

18-27

Bw2

S

5.6

6.4

04N05367

27-120

Cr

GP

6.7

7.6

tr

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Phosphorus				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
					(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phosphorus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)										KCl
				Melanic	NZ	Acid	Anion Exch Resin		Bray	Bray	Olsen	H2O	Citric	Mehlich	Extr
	Depth			Index		Oxal	Available	Capacity	1	2			Acid	III	NO3
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		%	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mg kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
						4G2			4D3a1		4D5a1			4D6a1
04N05364	0-9	A	S			367.4			49.4		16.2			49.0
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	S			368.1			8.7		4.7			10.5
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	S			394.1			5.7		3.8			4.9
04N05367	27-120	Cr	GP			359.0			1.9		0.5

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Trace Elements Tier 1				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
	Depth			Ag	As	Ba	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Cu	Mn	Mo		Hg
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg		ug/kg
				4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a		4H1a
04N05364	0-9	A	HM	--	13.97	214.00	1.96	0.51	8.04	30.94	28.10	545.47	--		18
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	HM	--	11.53	265.41	2.27	0.27	8.80	34.72	25.86	598.26	--		13
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	HM	--	11.22	229.71	2.19	0.19	8.77	30.45	23.58	558.90	--		8
04N05367	27-120	Cr	HM	--	15.24	182.70	2.43	0.10	9.12	27.35	25.41	469.29	--		10

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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Trace Elements Tier 2				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-
	Depth			Ni	P	Pb	Sb	Se	Sn	Sr	Tl	V	W	Zn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	ug/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg
				4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a	4H1a			4H1a	4H1a	4H1a
04N05364	0-9	A	HM	22.00	666.51	19.60	--	115.54	2.74			49.53	0.23	140.19
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	HM	22.00	566.77	16.68	--	159.49	3.03			58.75	--	123.88
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	HM	22.08	455.70	16.84	--	163.17	2.65			53.03	--	110.90
04N05367	27-120	Cr	HM	23.57	416.70	13.84	--	71.18	2.53			60.90	--	114.97

---

Major Elements				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-
	Depth			Al	Ca	Fe	K	Mg	Mn	Na	P	Si	Sr	Ti	Zr
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg
				4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b	4H1b
04N05364	0-9	A	HM	67424	4184	30705	25049	16627	535	6258	603	321502	69	3211	203
04N05365	9-18	Bw1	HM	70118	3788	32895	25824	15995	581	5513	525	324729	72	3401	207
04N05366	18-27	Bw2	HM	73055	3243	33417	26770	17706	536	4890	384	322570	62	3278	202
04N05367	27-120	Cr	HM	73071	3144	36014	27678	24575	447	3754	331	322718	36	2856	189

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A1a1

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

04N05364

0.0-9.0

A

tcly

MI 2

QZ 2

VR 1

KK 1

CMIX

04N05365

9.0-18.0

Bw1

tcly

MI 3

VR 2

QZ 2

KK 1

CMIX

04N05366

18.0-27.0

Bw2

tcly

MI 3

KK 2

VR 2

QZ 2

CMIX

04N05367

27.0-120.0

Cr

tcly

MI 3

VR 3

KK 3

MT 2

QZ 1

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
KK Kaolinite	MI Mica	MT Montmorillonite	QZ Quartz	VR Vermiculite

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks

INTERPRETATION (BY HORIZON):
CMIX - Mixed Clay

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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Sand - Silt Mineralogy (2.0-0.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Optical

EGME

Inter

Tot Re

Grain Count

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7B1a2

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

04N05364

0.0-9.0

A

csi

75

QZ 46

CD 24

FK 12

PO 3

GS 3

PR 2

SMIX

FP 2

OP 2

ZE 1

AR 1

BT 1

HN 1

MS 1

HB tr

RU tr

TM tr

BY tr

FE tr

GN tr

FM tr

ZR tr

04N05365

9.0-18.0

Bw1

csi

74

QZ 44

CD 27

FK 13

GS 4

HN 3

PR 3

SMIX

MS 2

OP 2

PO 1

FP 1

BT 1

BY tr

CA tr

CB tr

FM tr

FE tr

GN tr

MZ tr

AR tr

TM tr

ZR tr

04N05367

27.0-120.0

Cr

fs

CD 97

FE 2

QZ 1

BT tr

FP tr

GS tr

PR tr

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
csi - Coarse Silt 0.02-0.05 mm	fs - Fine Sand 0.1-0.25 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
AR Weatherable Aggregates	BT Biotite	BY Beryl	CA Calcite	CB Carbonate Aggregates
CD Chert (Chalcedony	FE Iron Oxides (Goethite	FK Potassium Feldspar	FM Ferromagnesium Mineral	FP Plagioclase Feldspar

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 04MT059003

( Meagher, Montana )

Print Date: Dec 18 2024 10:09AM

Sampled As	:	Ridge-like		Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Typic Haplustepts
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  04N0978

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MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
GN Garnet	GS Glass	HB Hydrobiotite	HN Hornblende	MS Muscovite
MZ Monazite	OP Opaques	PO Plant Opal	PR Pyroxene	QZ Quartz
RU Rutile	TM Tourmaline	ZE Zeolite	ZR Zircon

INTERPRETATION (BY HORIZON):
SMIX - Mixed Sand