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| Record Name(s) | Site 29 - Hearst Area - 1983, Peatland 42G-29 - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Apr-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Templeton
Latitude: 49° 25' 56.79" Longitude: -83° 57' 20.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 285712.39 Northing: 5479730.43 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G05NW
Point Location Description: Centre of swamp next to Mattawishkwia River
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is along a woods road 6 km west from Mead through Aygo Forest Products Ltd. The access is just past the Mattawishkwia River on the right.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat Bog | Host |
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Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The surficial peat is H2 to H4, carex sphagnum, sphagnum-carex or carex-bryales. The humified layer is H5 to H7, woody-sphagnum carex. The basal sediment is till with some areas of silt, clay or bedrock.
Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - The peat is shallow, but the tree density is light and road access is good. Further investigation should give a better idea of the economic potential of the site. The site is approximately 309 ha in size, and contains roughly 4,980,000 cubic metres of peat.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Fossil Fuel |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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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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