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| Record Name(s) | Site 7B - Hearst Area - 1983, Peatland 42F-7B - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Templeton
Latitude: 49° 21' 19.11" Longitude: -84° 2' 10.15"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 715222.62 Northing: 5471180.34 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42F08SE
Point Location Description: Centre of swamp on south side of logging road
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is located 15 km southwest of Mead on logging road 583.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat Bog | Host |
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Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The peat is uniform with the greatest depth (3.4 m). The average depth for the deposit is about 2.5 m. The first m of peat is carex peat with a humification of 3-4. The next 1.5 m is generally a sphagnum peat with a moderate humification of 4-6.
Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - This area is considered to be of good potential for development because of the high peat quality. The site is approximately 92 ha in size and contains about 2,059,000 cubic metres of peat.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Fossil Fuel |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Mono - Evaluation of the potential of peat in Ontario, energy and non-energy uses
Publication Number: OP07 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Location:
Mono - Volumes 1 and 2, peat and peatland evaluation of Hearst area (part of NTS 1:250 000 series map sheets 42F and 42G)
Publication Number: OFR5450 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Dendron Resource Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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