Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Peatland 42A-53 - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-May-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Mortimer, Pyne
Latitude: 48° 57' 49.85" Longitude: -80° 40' 48.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 523406.51 Northing: 5423486.26 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A15NE
Point Location Description: approximate centre of bog
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: There is no direct road access to this deposit. The easiest access is from the north by the CNR line
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat | Is |
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Apr 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - The average peat depth for the bog is 248 cm. peat depths greater than 2 m cover almost 60% of the peatland and are uninterrupted by mineral islands or shallow areas less than 2 m. The majority of the peat is humified with an overall average dpth of 158 cm. The humified peat is normally covered with a thin layer of unhumified peat having an average thickness of 89 cm. The humification of the peat is relatively consistent.
Apr 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - The deposit has a total area of 1,215 ha and has a total volume of 25,625,000 cubic metres of peat. The total humified volume is 14,342,000 cubic metres of peat. the peatland has commercial potential, primarily for the extraction of humified fuel peat.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Mono - Peat and peatland inventory of the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, summary volume and appendix volumes A to I
Publication Number: OFR5540 Page: 196-223 Date: 1985
Author: Northland Assoc. Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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