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Record: MDI40P01SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Oakland Bog - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Feb-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Oakland

Latitude: 43° 4' 26.71"    Longitude: -80° 22' 10.4"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 551324.78   Northing: 4769234.81    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P01SW

Point Location Description: General, LOT: 1 - 6 CONC: 5, LOT: 2 AND 3 CONC: 6

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

LOCATION: DEPOSIT IS AN EXTENSIVE BOG 7 KM LONG AND 2 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: 89  Date: 1961

Author: Graham, R B; Tibbetts, T E

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


MonoMap - Pleistocene geology of the Brantford area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: IMR037 Page: 50  Date: 1997

Author: Cowan W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Pleistocene geology of the Brantford area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2240 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1972

Author: Cowan W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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