Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A11SW00004
| Record Name(s) | Peatland 42a-203 - 1986 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-14 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | P Bousquet |
Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Jessop
Latitude: 48° 34' 53.31" Longitude: -81° 26' 45.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 467107.223 Northing: 5381028.085 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 4 km due west of Timmins Airport. Route 629, along with the radio tower road, provides the best access to the deposit.
1984 - OGS: Anlys, Rept, Samp (OFR5540)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat | Is |
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Jan 07, 2011 (P Bousquet) - The dominant botanical constituent of the peat is sphagnum (80-100%). The deposit has a total volume of 12 147 000 m3 of peat. The peatland has only a limited potential for a possible peat development (see OFR5540, Vol. E, p.310).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Peat |
Map - DEMR, TOPO., TIMMINS AREA
Publication Number: M42A Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1968
Author:
Publisher Name: GSC
Mono - Peat and peatland inventory of the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, summary volume and appendix volumes A to I
Publication Number: OFR5540 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Northland Assoc. Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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