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| Record Name(s) | Peatland 42h-239d - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Calder
Latitude: 49° 10' 23.28" Longitude: -81° 24' 2.21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470799.71 Northing: 5446779.526 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42H03NW
Point Location Description: Approximate centre of swamp on west side of highway
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is easily accessible from Smooth Rock Falls and Cochrane by way of highway 11. The highway is located approximately 200 m east of the eastern limit of the peatland.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The peatland is composed primarily of moss peat (79%) with lesser amounts ofsedge peats (21%). The total volume of the deposit is 4.4 millioncubic metres. The volume where depth exceeds 1 m is 3.9 million cubic metres. Over 70% of this volume occurs where peat depths exced 2 m. The area is considered to have good potential for extraction of horticultural peat.
Mono - Evaluation of the potential of peat in Ontario, energy and non-energy uses
Publication Number: OP07 Date: 1997
Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
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Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Cochrane-Kapuskasing area, summary volume and appendices A to F
Publication Number: OFR5541 Page: 150-165 Date: 1986
Author: Geo-analysis Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Peat and Peatland Resources of Northeastern Ontario
Publication Number: MP153 Date: 1994
Author: Riley J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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