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Record: MDI42F15SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Site 24 - Hearst Area - 1983, Peatland 42F-24 - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jul-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Peat



Location

Township or Area: McCoig

Latitude: 49° 46' 7.86"    Longitude: -84° 42' 28.37"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 665048.43   Northing: 5515452.09    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42F15SE

Point Location Description: Approximate centre of swamp south of highway 11

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is located about 68 km west of Hearst on the south side of highway 11.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Lignite 1 Peat Bog Is

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The depth of the peat ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 m. The first metre is poorly humified carex peat. The second metre appears to be composed of woody sphagnum with moderate to high humification.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Much of the strongly humified sphagnum is considered to be contaminated with wood and shrubs. Because of this contamination and the small deposit size, this occurrence is considered to be uneconomic despite its location. The bog is 143 ha in size and contains roughly 1,619,000 cubic m of peat.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unconsolidated
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Unconsolidated

References

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

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