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| Record Name(s) | Site 3 - Hearst Area - 1983, Peatland 42F-3 - 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: McCoig
Latitude: 49° 46' 41.17" Longitude: -84° 49' 34.37"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 656498.49 Northing: 5516226.86 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42F15SW
Point Location Description: Approximate centre of swamp
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This site lies about 85 km west of Hearst along highway 11. It is situated on the north side of the highway, east of the Fraser River.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat Bog | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The surficial layer is comprised of poorly humified carex-sphagnum with minor shrubs and wood. In the humified layer, moderately decomposed shrubby or woody carex-sphagnum is underlain by poorly or moderately humified sphagnum-carex with a lesser amount of wood. The bottom sediment consists mostly of silt.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The peatland is considered to have good potential for development. Access is good, tree cover is moderate and the depth and quality of the peat makes it appropriate for potential development. Most of the peat is considered to be of fuel potential. The site is 299 ha and has a volume of 5,351,000 cubic m.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
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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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