Chester soils are dominantly underlain by micaceous saprolite. Chetwynd soils formed in loess. Chilmark and Meadowville soils have a lithologic discontinuity within the B horizon. Collington and Freehold soils contain glauconite. Edgemont soils have coarse fragments dominated by quartzite.
Edneyville soils are underlain by saprolite.
Elsinboro soils are stratified in the lower part of the control section. Tate soils are on alluvial fans, foot slopes, and benches in coves in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Slopes are commonly 5 to 15 percent but range from 2 to 50 percent. Elevation ranges from 1400 to 4000 feet. The soil formed in alluvium and colluvium derived from materials weathered from felsic to mafic crystalline rocks such as granite, mica gneiss, hornblende gneiss, and schist.