Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52J03SE00002| Deposit Name(s) | Peatland 52j-190 - 1985 |
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| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Feb-24 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: peat (nonmetals)
Township or Area: Handcuff Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 0' 55.15" Longitude: -91° 7' 7.39"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 634779 Northing: 5542030 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52J03SE
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: conversion from mdi
Source Map: DEMR 1978, MAP 52J SIOUX LOOKOUT TOPO
Sources Map Scale: 1:250 000
Access Description: The peatland is situated 40 km southwest of the community of Savant Lake. The deposit is 8 km northwest of Highway 599 on the Ten Mile Lake Road which passes about 300 m east of the deposit. Access was by foot from this all weather road.
No assessment reports were found on file.
02/24/2020 (T Pettigrew) - The total area of this peatland is 159 ha. The average depth of the 33 points investigated on this deposit was 2.3 m. The maximum depth encounter ed was 5.7 m. The total volume of this deposit was 2.4 million cubic metres. The volume where peat depth exceeded l m and 2 m was 2.0 and 1.7 million cubic metres respectively. Over 85% of the total volume is classed as humified peat. The surficial layer had a consistent distribution across the deposit with thickness usually 20 to 30 cm. The humified layer varied in thickness in relation to total depth with thicknesses greatest in the centre of the deposit. Average peat depth under bog formations was 2.4 m with low shrub area having thinner peat layers than graminoid areas. Peat depths under fen formations averaged 2.8 m. Moss peats form the bulk of the deposit (98%). Composition typically was 80 to 901 Sphagnum with 10% shrubs and/or 10 to 20% sedge, principally Carex but with some Eriophorum and Scheuchzeria. Basal moss peat layers often had a brown moss component and thin basal sedge peat layers also occurred. Up to l m of ooze was common in substrate depressions.
Publication - Peat and Peatland Evaluation of the Sioux Lookout Area, vol B, p. 153-62 + figs
Publication Number: OFR5543 Date: 1985
Author: Phantom Exploration Services Ltd.
Publisher Name: OGS
Publication - Peat and Peatland Resources of Northwestern Ontario, p. 93
Publication Number: OFR5632 Date: 1987
Author: Michaud, L., Riley, J.L.
Publisher Name: OGS
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