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| Record Name(s) | Site 4 Hearst Area - 1983, Peatland 42G-4 - 1983 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Fergus
Latitude: 49° 15' 46.19" Longitude: -83° 8' 31.61"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 344151.85 Northing: 5458882.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G03NE, 42G06SE
Point Location Description: Approximate centre of swampy area east of Fergus Lake Road
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is located approximately 35 km south of Mattice. Access is via the Fergus Lake Road, south of highway 11.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat | Host |
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Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - The surficial layer, representing about 1/3 of the total depth of the deposit, consists of poorly humified Sphagnum peat underlain by shrubby or woody Sphagnum peat. In the humified layer moderately decomposed woody Sphagnum or woody-Carex-Sphagnum underlain by Sphagnum-Carex comprise the dominant peat types. The central area has a humified layer comprised mainly of moderately decomposed woody Sphagnum. Brown mosses, mainly Bryales, are also frequently present as a minor or major peat type, but only occur as a thin layer in the humifed peat deposit.
Apr 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - This peatland offers an appreciable quantity of good quality fuel peat. Access is good, but the dense tree cover and the frequency of snags make peat production unattractive. The site has an approximate volume of 3,437,000 cubic metres of humified peat.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fossil Fuel |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
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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