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Moose River Basin CHAUSSE CREEK, OPASATIKA RIVER — ACRES TOWNSHIP Lignite occurs on the east bank of the Opasatika River, a little over 1.2 km above the mouth of Chausse Creek which joins the Opasatika from the southwest in the north-central part of Acres Township (McLearn 1926, p.41c). The deposit consists of thin layers of worn lignite fragments in sand, and according to McLearn it is interglacial or early Pleistocene, like that at Big Rapids on the Missinaibi River. HAMBLY NO.1 DRILLHOLE — HAMBLY TOWNSHIP Lignite fragments were encountered at depths between 123 and 157 m in an exploration well drilled in 1973 by Aquitane Sogepet et al. (1973) in the south-central part of Hambly Township. The following details were given by Beck (1975, p.92): Lignite was noted intermittently in the drill core of the Hambly No. l well from depths of 123.0 to 157.0 m. Lignite occurs as thin layers in clean well sorted fluviatile quartzitic sand between 123.0 m and 126.0 m. Between 126.0 m and 157.0 m lignite occurs in trace amounts (up to 5^c), along with minor py rite and minor interbedded green shales, in medium-coarse grained quartzitic sand. Location: NTS 42 J/7E, Latitude 50 017'North and Longitude 82 034'West. Reference: Hambly No. l Well File, Permit No.3547, Petroleum Resources Section, Ministry of Natural Resources. RANOKE DRILLHOLE 74-8 — HOGG TOWNSHIP Lignite was intersected in thin layers from 32.5 m to 44 m in the northeast part of Hogg Township, east of the Mattagami River. The following details were given by Beck (1975, p.84): NTS 42 15E; Latitude 50 025'; Longitude 81 045' Lignite found as thin layers in dark green-grey and dark brown-grey fire clay of the Mattagami Formation, at a depth from 32.5 m to 44.0 m. Lignite is more abundant between 37.0 m and 44.0 m and is associated with silt. Between 44.0 m and 47.7 m, lignite seams are rare and associated with silt and sand. Drill holes on either side of Ranoke 74-8 failed to intersect lignite seams. Reference: File No. 83-1-118, Aquitaine Company of Canada Limited, As sessment Files Research Office, Ontario Geological Survey, Ministry of Natu ral Resources. Moose River Basin Studies 1975 Six holes drilled during winter 1975 by the Ontario Geological Survey (Rogers et al. 1975; Telford, this report) encountered traces of Mesozoic lignite. 148
DRILLHOLE 75-01 Lignite and Industrial Mineral Resources Lignite fragments were encountered at depths from 14.8 m to 19.7 m in drillhole 75-01, Soweska River, in the northwest corner of Hambly Township (see Figure 1.3). The lignite fragments occur in association with grey clay and with fine quartz sand within 6.7 m of the contact with overlying glacial till. The lignite-bearing beds are underlain by at least another 26.5 m of quartz sand, kaolinitic clay, and fireclay devoid of lignite. The hole was abandoned, at a depth of 46.0 m, due to sanding of the rods. DRILLHOLE 75-02 A few peaty wood chips were found in drillhole 75-02 (25 km north-north west of drillhole 75-01) in coarse quartz sand at a depth of 103.5 m to 104.8 m. The sand occurs within 3.0 m of the contact with overlying glacial till, between 1.0 m of brown clay immediately above, and 0.5 m of hard, bluish white clay im mediately below the sand. DRILLHOLE 75-03 The upper 8.3 m of Mesozoic sands and clay in drillhole 75-03 (40 km northnorthwest of drillhole 75-01), at a depth of 115.0 m to 123.4 m, contain frag ments of lignite. From 115.0 m to 119.4 m, the beds are primarily sandy, while in the lower part (119.4 m to 123.4 m) lignite is associated with beds of green and grey to black clay. At least another 12.0 m of red, brown, and green clays devoid of lignite underlie these beds. See Telford (this report) for a strati graphic classification of these units. DRILLHOLE 75-04 Fragments of lignite occur in glacial till in drillhole 75-04 (12 km northnorthwest of drillhole 75-01) at depths of 76.6 m to 79.7 m, 87.1 m, 88.0 to 89.5 m and 103.4 m to 106.5 m. These sections are part of a larger section of till un derlying 26.8 m of clay and other till near the surface and underlain by addi tional till and stratified sediments to a depth of 155.7 m. Mesozoic sands under lying these glacial deposits, at least to a depth of 166.9 m, show no trace of lignite. It must be assumed that the lignite fragments in the till derive from now eroded overlying Mesozoic deposits or otherwise from underlying deposits elsewhere. The hole was abandoned, at a depth of 166.9 m, due to plugging of the rods with coarse sand. (Rogers et al. 1975). The extreme depth (155.7 m) to which glacial deposits extend suggest that they locally fill an old river channel. 149
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