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Record: MDI31D05NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Minesing - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Feb-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Vespra

Latitude: 44° 23' 5.02"    Longitude: -79° 51' 53.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 590408.12   Northing: 4915231.7    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D05NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

LOCATION: DEPOSIT IS A BOG MORE THAN 1 KM LONG BY 10 KM WIDE.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Lignite 1 Peat Is

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: 22-23  Date: 1961

Author: Graham, R B; Tibbetts, T E

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Barrie area (western half), southern Ontario

Publication Number: P0978 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1974

Author: Burwasser G.J., Cairns B.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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