It is silt loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam in the fine-earth fraction. These are the Croom , Elliber , Hartleton , Irondale , Lew , Mertz , Pattensburg, and Weaverton series in the same family. Calvin , Lehew , Penn and Ungers are related series in other families. Croom and Lew soils have a solum more than 40 inches thick. Elliber, Hartleton, and Irondale soils have hue of 7.5YR or yellower in the upper part of the Bt horizon.
Mertz soils contain chert fragments.
Pattensburg soils have rock fragments of quartz and sandstone. Weaverton soils are more than 40 inches to soft weathered quartz muscovite schist. Calvin and Lehew soils do not have an argillic horizon. Penn and Ungers soils are fine-loamy and average less than 35 percent rock fragments in the solum. Gainesboro soils are on ridgetops and side slopes in the northern Piedmont and northern Appalachian Mountains.