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| Record Name(s) | Poissant Natural Gas Well - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Gneiss
Township or Area: Clute, Clute
Latitude: 49° 4' 46.38" Longitude: -81° 9' 28.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488464 Northing: 5436311 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42H03SE
Point Location Description: Water well near farmhouse
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The farm is reached by travelling six miles west from Cochrane along highway 11 and then north 1.5 mi to the farmhouse. The village of Frederick is 0.5 mi farther north on this road.
1955: J. P. and G. Poissant - when sinking a well on their father's farm, a flow of natural gas was discovered. Three additional wells were drilled,1 in Lot 12 Con 3 and 2 in lot 13 con 3. No gas was encountered in these three drill holes.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Opatica
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Hybrid Granitic Gneiss | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Three additional wells were sunk to bedrock at the village of Fredrick. Natural gas was found in all of these wells.
Jan 27, 2015 (A Wilson) - The gas reportedly had a pressure of 12.5 lb/sq. in. An analysis of the gas indicated it measured 336 BTU and it contained 32.5% methane, 0.9% ethane and 66.0% nitrogen.
File - Resident Geologist files T-0568
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Cochrane sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0372 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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