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File Created: 02-Mar-1989 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  29-Mar-1989 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name LOWLAND PEAT Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103F100
Status Showing NTS Map 103F16E
Latitude 053º 54' 59'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 132º 05' 06'' Northing 5977975
Easting 691549
Commodities Peat Deposit Types A01 : Peat
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The northeast section of Graham Island has very little relief and is covered by Quaternary sediments that overlie the Tertiary Skonun and Masset formations. These sediments consist of recent alluvium, till, marine drift and outwash sands.

Very large reserves of post-glacial peat and peat-moss occur on the Queen Charlotte Lowland. The quality of the peat moss is reported to be excellent. Larger deposits typically exceed 5000 hectares in size and consist mainly of flat and slope bogs of moderate depth (1.6 to 1.9 metres mean depth). Flat bogs consist predominantly of poorly decomposed sphagnum-moss peats overlying well-humified amorphous and sedimentary peats. Slope bogs are comprised mostly of surficial sphagnum-moss peats overlying amorphous sedge and sedimentary layers.

An operation to harvest the peat moss by hydraulic methods started production in 1967 (A. Sutherland Brown, Bulletin 54). No information on the production or location is reported.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *54, p. 178
EMPR OF *1988-33, pp. 20-25, 35
GSC MAP 1385A
GSC P 86-20; 88-1E; 89-1H; 90-10

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