from these clays (Michael Taranto, Georgia Kaolin Company, personal com- 

 munication, 1973). 



c. Heavy Metals . The mineral solids contained biologically insignif- 

 icant amounts of metal [Table D-6). The values reported for Patuxent silt 

 (Long Point) are in the "natural" range of metal found in similar estuarine 

 salinity ranges by Huggett (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, personal 

 communication, 1973) in the York, the James, and the Elizabeth Rivers, 

 which drain into the Virginia part of the Chesapeake Bay system. 



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