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| Record Name(s) | Moberly Bog - 1986, Timmins Bog 1 - 1985, Peatland 42A-95 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Moberly
Latitude: 48° 45' 36.83" Longitude: -81° 48' 34.22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 440507.26 Northing: 5401118.28 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12NW, 42A13SW
Point Location Description: Approximate centre of swamp in central Moberly Tp.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of forestry roads north of Kamiskotia Lake.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat | Host |
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Sep 19, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The bog covers an area of 626.2 ha with an estimated volume of peat of 10,502,800 cubic metres (OFR5567). No further studies seem to identify the peat qualities.
Mono - A comparative geochemical study of some peatlands of northern Ontario: preliminary report
Publication Number: OFR5453 Date: 1983
Author: Shotyk W., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Peat and peatland inventory of the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, summary volume and appendix volumes A to I
Publication Number: OFR5540 Date: 1985
Author: Northland Assoc. Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Peat and Peatland Resources of Northeastern Ontario
Publication Number: MP153 Date: 1994
Author: Riley J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Peatland resource inventory northwest of Timmins, by remote sensing and ground reconnaissance-1982
Publication Number: OFR5567 Page: 49-53 Date: 1985
Author: Pala S., Boissonneau A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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