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| Record Name(s) | Peatland 52F-36 - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Pickerel
Latitude: 49° 56' 20.05" Longitude: -92° 15' 6.54"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 553687.83 Northing: 5532105.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F16NW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1984: samples were taken as part of an OGS study. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Phanerozoic
Jun 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Deposit 52F-36 is located in a series of kettle-like depressions and displays basin bog and floating fen features (Monenco, 1986).
Jun 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The total area of this deposit is 133 ha of which 78.5 ha are 1 m or greater in thickness. This deposit is composed of three distinct basins: Basin "A" (61.5 ha), Basin "B" (33.0 ha) and Basin "C" (38.5 ha) excluding ponds (Basin A, 7 ha and Basin B, 23 ha). The overall average thickness of the unhumified peat layer is 0.9 m. The overall average thickness is 1.9 m and that of humified peat 1.0 m. The surficial peat types are commonly dominated by sphagnum, especially at the surface. The humified peat at the greater depths contains sedge and shrub remnants sedge being dominant. The total peat volume is 2.1 million m3. The volume of humified peat (H A+) is 1.1 million m3. The area with 1 m or more of peat contains 1.847 million m3 of peat. About 70% of the deposit has a tree cover 10% or less. The overall stump content is 3.8%, or high enough to pose considerable problems for peat mining equipment. There are drainage channels flowing out of both Basin A and Basin C presenting good drainage potential. This peatland has a poor potential for peat mining because of its small size and susceptibility to flooding (Monenco, 1986).
Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Dryden-Lac Seul area, summary volume and appendix volumes A to F
Publication Number: OFR5544 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Peat and peatland resources of northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5632 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Riley J.L., Michaud L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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