Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52K14SW00003| Deposit Name(s) | Peatland 52k-20 - 1986 |
|---|---|
| Related Deposit Type | None |
| Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2020-Aug-13 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: peat (nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bruce Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 46' 3.11" Longitude: -93° 25' 14.74"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 470328 Northing: 5624058 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52K14SW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: conversion from mdi
Source Map: DEMR 1979, MAP 52K LAC SEUL TOPO
Sources Map Scale: 1:250 000
Access Description: Access is off highway 105.
The only reported work conducted at this MDI location was by government geologists in 1986. This program conducted in 1986 was focused on peat and peatland evaluation of the Dryden Lac Seul area. No assessment reports were found on file.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clay | 1 |
08/13/2020 (T Pettigrew) - Peatland 52K-20 is located in a low-lying, glaciolacustrine, clay basin between Pakwash Lake and Bruce Lake. In this deposit, the underlying soil is mostly clay. Silt is found only at the ends of the transects. Some sand also is found at the edges. At sites near the lake and at a few other locations ooze is found above the clay. It is mostly only 0.1-0.2 m thick but, by the lake, it attains a thickness of 1.3 m (Monenco, 1986).
08/13/2020 (S Lewis) - This deposit is basically a basin bog with some flat bog characteristics. The total area of this deposit is 441 ha. Of the area studied, 279 ha are 1 m or more in thickness. The unhumified layer is on average 0.6 m thick. The total average thickness is 2.4 m and that of the humified layer, 1.8 m. There is a thin surficial layer of sphagnum peat across the entire deposit. The rest of the deposit is composed of lenses of peat made of mixtures of sphagnum, sedge, shrubs and wood which are the main components of the humified layer. The total peat volume is 7.6 million m3. The volume of humified peat (H 4+) is 5.7 million m3. The area with 1 m or more of peat contains 7.414 million m3 of peat (Monenco, 1986).
Publication - Peat and Peatland Evaluation of the Dryden-Lac Seul Area, vol. D, p. 123-33
Publication Number: OFR5544 Date: 1986
Author: Monenco Ontario Ltd.
Publisher Name: OGS
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