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Record: MDI31G06SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Moose Creek - 1984, Tayside Bog - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Dec-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Cambridge

Latitude: 45° 17' 26.18"    Longitude: -75° 1' 30.73"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 498023.627   Northing: 5015234.066    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G06SE

Point Location Description: Moose Creek Bog in SE corner of Cambridge Township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The W edge of the deposit, at the baseline, may be accessed via the Mayerville sideroad, 0.75 Km E of Mayerville. The CNR rail line from Ottawa to Montreal bisects the deposit from the NW to the SE.



Exploration History

A large, swampy area, currently being extensively drained and developed [ 1983 ]. Low potential.




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: 95  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: 61-71  Date: 1984

Author: Bird and Hale Ltd.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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