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| Record Name(s) | Peatland 42a-42 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: St. John
Latitude: 48° 55' 7.44" Longitude: -80° 52' 37.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 509008.12 Northing: 5418429.1 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A15NW
Point Location Description: Approximate geographic centre of swamp lying west of Gaffrey Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: There is direct access to the SW corner of the peatland via highway 11. The deposit is located roughly halfway between Cochrane and Iroquois Falls.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The peat is mainly heterogeneous, composed of a mixture of Sphagnum, sedge, wood and brown moss. Sphagnum is the dominant component of the vegetation. The bog has an estimated volue of 26,530,000 cubic metres of peat over 1 m in depth. The site is considered to have good commercial potential.
Mono - Peat and peatland inventory of the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, summary volume and appendix volumes A to I
Publication Number: OFR5540 Page: 172-195 Date: 1985
Author: Northland Assoc. Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Peat and Peatland Resources of Northeastern Ontario
Publication Number: MP153 Date: 1994
Author: Riley J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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