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Record: MDI31B13NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bishop Mills Bog - 1987, Merrickville - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1987-Jan-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Wolford

Latitude: 44° 54' 34.95"    Longitude: -75° 46' 21.19"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 439015.374   Northing: 4973210.576    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B13NE, 31B13NW, 31B13SE, 31B13SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Wolford Twp.: Lots 1-3, conc. 1; lots 1-5, conc. 2; lots 1-7, conc. 3; lot 1-2, conc. A; lots 1-10, conc. 4; lots 1-11, conc. 5. This is a very large deposit, with numerous points of access. There are many forest access roads that extend south and west on the sideroads that run south and west from Newmanville. All give access to the east side of the deposit. East along the sideroad from Carleys Corners to its end, approximately 3.5 km, gives access to the midwest portion of the deposit. The southern part of the deposit may be reached by driving north from the sideroad west of Snowdons Corners, to the first intersection.





Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Evaluation of peat moss as applied to some bogs in southern Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB22

Publication Number: CMB TB22 Page: 42-46  Date: 1961

Author: Graham, R B; Tibbetts, T E

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299911


Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Ottawa-Brockville area, volumes 1 to 5

Publication Number: OFR5491 Page: 110-24  Date: 1984

Author: Bird and Hale Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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