The rocky soil in Chehalem has a distinctive moderately fractured basalt composition and contains three types of basalt; black, red, and white. The white basalt takes its color from volcanic ash while the red shows its pronounced color from oxidation.
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The rocky soil in Chehalem has a distinctive moderately fractured basalt composition and contains three types of basalt; black, red, and white. The white basalt takes its color from volcanic ash while the red shows its pronounced color from oxidation.