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| Record Name(s) | Twin Cities Bog - 1921 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Oct-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: McIntyre
Latitude: 48° 24' 35.64" Longitude: -89° 15' 21.02"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 333067 Northing: 5364319 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A06NE, 52A06NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
The area was mapped and described by A. Anrep in 1921 for the Geological Survey of Canada. No assessment files were located.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Peat | Is |
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Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - “The bog extends in a northeast and southwest direction. The total area is about 993 acres. The peat is fairly well humified and is suitable for fuel. The bog is very shallow but it is already thoroughly drained, as this section has been laid out for the expansion of the Twin Cities (Intercity area) and is, therefore, never likely to be worked for peat. It is almost free from wooded growth and the surface is level. This bog is mostly composed of sphagnum slightly intermixed with carex and eriophorum plants. The bottom of the bog is formed of reddish sand intermixed with clay. Of the total area 895 acres have a depth of less than 5 feet with an average depth of 3 feet, and 98 acres have a depth of more than 5 feet with an average depth of 5 feet. There are 4,332,000 cubic yards in the area with a depth of less than 5 feet and 794,000 cubic yards in the area with a depth of more than 5 feet. The 895 acres with a depth of less than 5 feet may be left out of consideration as a source of commercial peat. As the bog is already thoroughly drained no shrinkage allowance for drainage need be made for the remaining 98 acres with an average depth of 5 feet, which have a total volume of 791,000 cubic yards of peat. The total tonnage of dry substance is 79,000 tons, or 105,000 tons of peat fuel having 25 per cent moisture” (Anrep, 1921, p. 9D).
MonoMap - Quaternary geology of the city of Thunder Bay and vicinity, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R164 Scale: Date: 1977
Author: Burwasser G.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Investigation of Peat Bogs in Ontario; In: Summary Report, 1921, Part D
Publication Number: SumRep 1921 PtD Scale: Date: 1922
Author: Anrep, A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103396
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1
Publication Number: OFR5388 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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