Аннотация:The magnetic properties (by the Faraday method) and the spectra of original and calcined samples of fine earth and clay from two profiles of brown forest soil in the middle Urals were studied. The iron content in the Tamm (Feo) and Mehra-Jackson (Fed) extracts was determined. Iron is present in the forms of silicate and roentgen-amorphous compounds constituting no less than 99% of the total iron content. The share of silicate iron constitutes 62-70% of the total iron in the fine earth of profile 1 and 43-77% in profile 13. Its content in the clay fraction is less than 50% of the total iron in profile 1, while it reaches 80% in profile 13. The soil horizons are differentiated by the content of iron compounds, being more closely related to the modern burozem (brown forest soil) formation in the upper parts (composed of silty clay loam) and determined by rock lithology (soil paleogenesis) in the lower parts (composed of sandstone with clayey interlayers in profile 1 and red-brown solifluction clay in profile 13)