Agency Code: 501 Project Code: PRP Site Code: 0214
Described by: Sandra van Vreeswyk Date: 18/05/1996

Observation type: auger boring Category: brief description

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  562038 mE  7542425 mN Map sheet:  Mount Bruce 250K
Location notes: 
Site notes: Slope previously codes as 190.

Landform
Landform pattern:	Slope:  19 %
Relief/modal slope:
Landform element:
Morphological type:
Pattern Relief: 	Microrelief: 10 m

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:  Very slightly rocky.  ironstone 
Surface coarse fragments: 
Mantle:  ironstone, >90%, mixed, angular tabular
Physical properties: 
Surface Crusting: 0%

Vegetation
Veg unit: HESG - Hill eucalypt soft spinifex grassland

Species List
Tree: Eucalyptus leucophloia
Medium Shrubs: Eucalyptus kingsmillii
Low Shrubs: Keraudrenia nephrosperma
Perennial Grasses: Triodia biflora
Undescribed: Acacia hamersleyensis, Astrotricha hamptonii, Corchorus walcottii, Cryptandra sp., Cymbopogon ambiguus, Dampiera candicans, Eriachne mucronata, Eucalyptus kingsmillii, Eucalyptus leucophloia, Eucalyptus pileata, Goodenia stobbsiana, Gompholobium polyzygum, Indigofera fractiflexa, Indigofera monophylla, Keraudrenia nephrosperma, Olearia xerophila, Ptilotus fusiformis, Ptilotus sessilifolius, Scaevola sp., Sida cardiophylla, Solanum horridum, Triodia biflora, Triodia wiseana

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Red shallow sand
Australian Soil Classification: (2002) Acidic Paralithic Leptic Tenosol, A thickness thin, A gravels very gravelly, A texture loamy, B texture loamy, Soil Depth shallow
ASC confidence: moderate
Map Unit: 285Ne

Other Classifications
Northcote PPF: Um5.51

Soil Profile Description

Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description
| 0-4 | Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3 moist) loamy fine sand; common angular ferruginous ironstone coarse gravel sized coarse fragments and  common angular ferruginous ironstone cobble sized coarse fragments; non-dispersing, slow slaking, non water repellent, non-calcareous; pH 4.6 (1:5 water); EC 3 (mS/m (1:5)).
| 4-16 | Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4 moist) loamy fine sand; common angular ferruginous ironstone coarse gravel sized coarse fragments and  common angular ferruginous ironstone cobble sized coarse fragments; non-dispersing, slow slaking, non water repellent, non-calcareous; pH 5.2 (1:5 water); EC 3 (mS/m (1:5)).
| 16-25 | Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4 moist) loamy fine sand; common angular ferruginous ironstone coarse gravel sized coarse fragments and  common angular ferruginous ironstone cobble sized coarse fragments; non-dispersing, slow slaking, non water repellent, non-calcareous; pH 4.7 (1:5 water); EC 5 (mS/m (1:5)).
| 25-32 | Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4 moist) loamy fine sand; common angular coarse gravel sized coarse fragments VARIOYS IRONSTONES; non-dispersing, non-slaking, non water repellent, non-calcareous; pH 4.5 (1:5 water); EC 6 (mS/m (1:5)).
| 32+ | Notes: UNKNOWN (UNIDENTIFIED ROCK.