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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI40P16NW00002

Record: MDI40P16NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amaranth Bog - 1982, Amaranth Peat Products - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Feb-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: Amaranth

Latitude: 43° 59' 9.45"    Longitude: -80° 17' 10.31"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 557242.17   Northing: 4870560.8    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P16NW

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 15 - 20 CONC: 8, LOT: 16 - 20 CONC: 9

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

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

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Quaternary geology of the Orangeville area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: R141 Page: 73  Date: 1976

Author: Cowan W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Book - OMNR-MRB 1981, OP #7, P35

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

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Book - Peat moss deposits in Canada;Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 817

Publication Number: CMB Pub 817 Page: 69  Date: 1946

Author: Leverin, H A

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/21089


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