Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52J03SE00003| Deposit Name(s) | Peatland 52j-191 - 1985 |
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| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Feb-13 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: peat (nonmetals)
Township or Area: Handcuff Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 1' 54.15" Longitude: -91° 1' 48.37"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 641079 Northing: 5544015 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 33 km southwest of the community of Savant Lake. Highway 599 passes about 2 km southeast of the deposit and a logging road is about 1.5 m west of the deposit. Access was by foot from the logging road.
02/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - The total area of this basin bog is 76 ha with peat depth exceeding 2 m on 16 ha. The average depth of the 17 points investigated on this deposit was 2.1 m. The maximum depth encountered was 4.9 m. Tree cover is generally open. The surficial layer was thin with H4 comprising over 50% of the total peat layer and resulting in a moderate rating of fuel quality. The peat layer consisted of moss peats but mixed composition and thin surficial layer resulted in a poor rating of horticultural quality. Stump content was 0.85% (OFR5543).
Publication - Peat and Peatland Evaluation of the Sioux Lookout Area, vol B, p. 165-73 + 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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