The upper 2Bt horizon has hue of 5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. It is silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay. Reaction is moderately acid to very strongly acid The lower 2Bt and the 3Bt horizon is multicolored yellow, pale brown, pale olive, red and light gray. It is silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay or their channery or gravelly analogues. Mottles have hue of 2.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 6.
Reaction is very strongly acid to neutral.
The 3BC and 3C horizons have hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 7 or it is mottled. They are silty clay loam, silty clay, clay or the channery analogues of these textures. In some pedons the shale is interbedded with siltstone or limestone. Siltstone channers range from 0 to 80 percent by volume. Up to 50 percent siltstone parafragments are also present in some pedons.