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Record: MDI31D11SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Trent - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Feb-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Carden

Latitude: 44° 35' 4.84"    Longitude: -79° 0' 5.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 658645.585   Northing: 4938757.613    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D10SW, 31D11SE

Point Location Description: Eastern end of Canal Lake in central Eldon township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the route of the Trent Valley canal system in Canal Lake, 3 ml W of Victoria Road Station.



Exploration History

1900-01 : worked by the Trent Valley Peat Fuel Co Ltd of Peterborough.




Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The bog covers about 10 sq ml in one large muskeg on both sides of the canal. The water lies flush with the surface of the mass, and the depth of the peat is from 4-50 ft.




Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Peat fuel, its manufacture and use.

Publication Number: ARV12.011 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Carter W.E.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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