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Mud Lake soilsThe Mud Lake soils are very poorly drained organic soils that have developed onmoderately decomposed organic materials greater than 160 cm thick. They are classified as TypicMesisols.New Liskeard soilsNew Liskeard soils are poorly drained soils developed on varved, calcareous, lacustrine clay.They occupy extensive areas of flat terrain in the vicinity of New Liskeard. Clay, silty clay loam,and clay-stony phases have been mapped . They are classified as Orthic Humic Gleysols.Otterskin soilsOtterskin soils are imperfectly drained, developed on variable depths of shallow outwashsand over clay . They occur on gently undulating to hummocky terrain consisting of slightdepressions and gentle knolls. Surface sands are strongly acidic . They are usually classified asGleyed Humo-Ferric Podzols .Pense soilsThe Pense soils are imperfectly drained soils, developed on silty lacustrine soil materials.Silt loam and silty clay loam phases are mapped. Pense soils occur on gently undulatingtopography. They can have serious erosion problems, because of their high silt contents. They areusually classified as Gleyed Gray Luvisols.Pyne soilsPyne soils are only mapped in one small area along the western boundary of the Ville-Marie sheet . They have developed on acidic, medium sand outwash, on level to very gently slopingtopography. They are usually classified as Gleyed Humo-Ferric Podzols .RockExposed bedrock, mainly of Precambrian age, is found throughout the map sheet area, butmost extensively in the southern portion . Here, it is usually mapped as a complex association withthe Moose and Hanbury soils. Rock areas also contain many small, unmappable pockets of mineraland organic soils, as well as stones and bôulders.Solvan soilsSolvan soils are only mapped at one location on the Ville-Marie sheet, along the northernboundary near the northeastern corner of the sheet . They are poorly drained, and developed fromcalcare,u , lacustrine silt loam materials . They occur on level to very gently sloping terrain on theVille-M- ie sheet. The high silt contents guarantee serious drainage problems. They are usuallyclassifies: as Orthic Humic Gleysols.Sturgeon River soilsSturgeon River soils are very . ")orly drained organic soils, developed on slightly tomoderately decomposed organic materiais, greater than 160 cm thick. They are underlain at depthby clayey, mineral lacustrine subsoil. They are classified as Typic Humisols.Sutton Bay soilsSutton Bay soils are poorly drained soils developed in stony loam till . They occur on levelto very gently rolling topography. Both loam and sandy loam phases are mapped . Sutton Bay soilsare usually classified as Orthic Humic Gleysols.Thornloe soilsThornloe soils are poorly drained soils developed on calcareous, lacustrine clay. They occuron the very gently sloping topography . They are usually classed as Orthic Humic Gleysols.