Abandoned Mine Inventory for Ontario

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 00664

General Information

Permanent Link to this Record: 00664

Abandoned Mine Identifier: 00664

Official Name: Brockville Bog

Site Classification: D

Primary Commodity: Peat

Long Name:

Date Mine Opened:

Date Mine Closed:

Mine Closure Reason: Unknown

Mine Closure Plan: Unk

Rehabilitation Plan: Unk

Mine Plans on File: Unk

Legal Jurisdiction: A.r.a.

Date Record Last Modified: 2018-08-09

Location Information

Township or Area: Elizabethtown

District: Tweed

NTS Number:

Longitude (dd): -75.70521 | Latitude (dd): 44.62586

UTM Zone: 18 | Easting: 444058 | Northing: 4941631

Operational Access Description: Access: Located In Mac Johnson Conservation Area North Of Brockville. Exploration And Mining History: Circa 1903 : A Peat Briquetting Plant Was Built Which Was Subsequently Transferred To Peat Industries Ltd (brantford), But It Closed Down A Few Years Later. This Company Carried Out Some Drainage In The W Part Of The Bog - Which Became A Quagmire. C1911 : Worked For Peat Fuel - The Plant Was Idle In 1920. Several Years Of Drainage Of The Bog, By Adjoining Farmland, Was Reported In 1946 In The W Part Of The Deposit. Geology Comments: 10/10/2000 (c Papertzian) - The Bog Has And Area Of 1,400 Acres. The W Part Of The Bog Is, Comparatively, Poorly Humified. The Nw And Centre Are Better And The E Is More Humified (and Deep) But Heavily Wooded. The Peat Depth Varies From 2.5 To 16 Ft And Is Estimated At A Total Volume Of Workable Peat Of 14,314,000 Cu Yds With A Moisture Content Of 25 %.

Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature

Hazard Status

Condition

UTM Zone

Easting

Northing

Open Pit

Not A Hazard

The Observed Feature Is An Open Pit. Additional Comments: Site Was Located With The Help Of A Local Resident - Located In Long Swamp, Which Was Drained To Mine The Peat. Site Has Been Turned Into The Mac Johnson Conservation Area.

444058

4941631

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI31B12NE00006

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Contact

Emilie Trottier
Mine Hazards Technical Specialist
Mine Rehabilitation Group
Willet Green Miller Center - Level B6
933 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury ON P3E 6B5
Email: emilie.trottier@ontario.ca
Phone: 705-280-8658