I suggest you look up the word saprolite for some discussion on soil formation. From Wordnik.com. [NAS Panel Report « Climate Audit] Reference
They are planted in full sun in the saprolite sub soil layer that was spread on top. From Wordnik.com. [Mish Mash Monday August 10 « Fairegarden] Reference
It also has less bouldery colluvium than those two surrounding regions and more saprolite. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
It is intruded by plutons and is veneered by clay-rich weathering products (i.e. saprolite). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference
In the western portion, west of Atlanta and into Alabama, mica schist and micaceous saprolite are typical. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
Gneiss, schist, and granite are typical rock types, covered with deep saprolite and mostly red, clayey subsoils. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference
Gneiss, schist and granite are the dominant rock types, covered with deep saprolite and mostly red, clayey subsoils. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
The Northern Outer Piedmont is composed of mostly gneiss and schist rock intruded by granitic plutons, and veneered with saprolite. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference
The rolling to hilly well-dissected upland contains mostly gneiss and schist bedrock that is covered with clayey and micaceous saprolite. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference
Clay-rich weathering products (i.e. saprolite) have developed on bedrock but are typically thinner than in neighboring parts of the Piedmont. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference
The resource estimate was completed for the saprolite, saprock and fresh rock mineralisation. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Mill capacity can be increased to about 7,000 TPD when processing soft oxide and saprolite ores. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Initial testing of a number of these coincident features in Q3 has returned promising results from within the saprolite profile. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Vestiges of uranium mineralization occur in the saprolite at surface and the deepest intercept is approximately 220 metres below surface. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Currently, average rock density values for the saprolite zone, saprock zone and for hard rock are taken as 1.82, 2.32 and 2.82, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
A regional and locally detailed soil geochemistry program has defined a 1300 x 300m soil gold anomaly in saprolite with peak values to 3000 ppb gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
The lower saprolite laterite layer has not been drilled comprehensively, but Regency Mines believes that it could contain another 200 million tonnes of ore grading between 1. 25\% and 1. 5\% nickel. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Drilling of deep augur traverses has yielded a number of saprolite-hosted gold intercepts, returning grades of more than 3g / t gold, whilst soil geochemistry has returned a number of results with grades in excess 0. 3g / t gold. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
(panning of 6kg crushed samples of saprolite) confirm the presence of significant gold concentrations in the new trenches. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
300m soil gold anomaly in saprolite with peak values to 3000 ppb gold. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
(1) The Transition zone is a mixed horizon of limonite and saprolite material and was defined using both geological logging data and chemical analysis. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
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