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| Record Name(s) | Ells Bend - Soweska River - 1904 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Lignite
Secondary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Habel
Latitude: 50° 22' 10.62" Longitude: -82° 39' 51.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 381640.172 Northing: 5581051.795 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J07SE
Point Location Description: General: Lignite exposure on left/west bank of bend, Soweska River, approx. 4km west of the Missina
Location Method: Other Literature
1903, Ontario Bureau of Mines: Reconnaissance survey; auger drilling (5 holes) 1926, joint GSC/ODM field survey: Sampling and analyses of peat Algocen Mines Limited ELO No. 13788 (T-1303): 1966: Geological survey, auger drilling, sampling, analyses (AFO# 83.1-44) 1972: Geological data compilation and aerial photographic analysis (conducted by Cartographic Services) of full Cretaceous Basin.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Three seams of lignite exposed along banks in the vicinity of Ell's Bend on the Soweska River. The exposures were considered to be the same seam with a total N-S extent of at least 3/4 mile and and E-W extent of 1/4 mile. Seam thickness is very irregular, with a maximum of 5ft and and average of over 3 ft. The unit is generally overlain by boulder clay and underlain by hard blue clay. Auger drilling confirmed the seam extends inland from the river bank. Bell considered the quality of the Ells Bend lignite fairly good and it was used as a fuel for the field camp, burning easily even when wet. The lignite was observed to be almost entirely formed from moss with occasional interlayers of small sticks and lying practically undisturbed in a horizontal position. (OBM AR VOL 13, p.164-166). GSC survey noted a peat layer varying from 4 inches to over 2 feet over a distance of 800ft. (GSC Summ Rept 1926C, p.42c) Algocen's 1966 field work took two samples from the next bend upriver from Ell's Bend (Bell's #2 occurrence), where there occurred an 18-inch thick layer of lignite extending for 200ft along the river bank. (AF T-1303).
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - GSC analysis of peat samples returned a calorific value of 6400 BTU with 35.1% ash. (GSC Summ Rept 1926C, p.42c).
File - Resident Geologist files T-1303
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Map of northern parts of the districts of Algoma and Nipissing, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM13B Scale: 1:506,880 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Economic resources of Moose River Basin
Publication Number: ARV13-01.009 Page: 163-167 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Map - Little Long Rapids sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0396 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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Publication - The Mesozoic and Pleistocene deposits of the lower Missinaibi, Opazatika, and Mattagami rivers, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1926, pt. C
Publication Number: GSC SR 1926C Page: 30C, 42-43C Date: 1927
Author: McLearn, F.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102094
Publication - Mesozoic deposits of the Hudson Bay Lowlands and coal deposits of the Onakawana area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 75-13
Publication Number: GSC Paper 75-13 Page: 22 Date: 1978
Author: Price, L.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103384
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