Moose River Basin: geology and mineral potential - Geology Ontario
Moose River Basin: geology and mineral potential - Geology Ontario
Moose River Basin: geology and mineral potential - Geology Ontario
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<strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Basin</strong><br />
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Illite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,169,170,171<br />
Industrial <strong>mineral</strong>s. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,7,8<br />
Iron ore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,8<br />
Jaab Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
James Bay <strong>Basin</strong> Oil Co. . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Kaolin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,8,66<br />
Kaolinite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165<br />
Kaolinitic clay . . 30,35,39,149-173 passim<br />
Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156<br />
Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174<br />
Kaolinization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155<br />
Kipling Tp. . . . . . .8,15,27,28,30,38,105,<br />
145,147,153,157,161,174<br />
Kwataboahegan Formation . . . . . . . . 174<br />
Kwataboahegan <strong>River</strong>. . . . . . . . .12,30,34<br />
Lignite . 4,6,11,14,28,45,144,147,150,154<br />
Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144<br />
Distribution; figures. . . . . . . . 142,143<br />
Fields:<br />
East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,140,145<br />
Main. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,28,140<br />
Portage . . . . . . . . . . .10,11,30,140<br />
Psuedomorphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
Reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,11,140<br />
Seams. . . . . . . . . . .15,39,96,140,147<br />
Testing of a 7-ton sample . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Thickness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br />
Limestone:<br />
Coralline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174<br />
Crinoidal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
High-calcium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152<br />
Uses of: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152<br />
Limonite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Long Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,105<br />
Long Rapids Formation . . . . . . . . . 45,46<br />
McBrienTp. . . . . . . . .8,15,28,30,31,39,<br />
156,158,168<br />
McCarthy Shafts l <strong>and</strong> 2. . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Mccausl<strong>and</strong> Tp. . . . . . . .30,150,163,172<br />
McCuaig Tp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147<br />
Main Field (lignite) . . . . . . . . .11,28,140<br />
Manalta Coal Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Mattagami Formation. . . 6,11,14,30,34-46<br />
passim, 67,105,140,148,161,<br />
163,169,171,172,173<br />
Palynofloral assemblage . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Thickness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Mattagami <strong>River</strong> . . . . . 4,6,8,14,27,30,38,<br />
96,105,145,148,153,154,157<br />
Mattagami <strong>River</strong> Deposits<br />
(silica s<strong>and</strong>-clay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8<br />
Mesozoic-Pleistocene contact. . . . . . . . 67<br />
Meta-halloysite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165<br />
Mike Isl<strong>and</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
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Missinaibi Formation<br />
Forest Peat Member. . . . . . . . . . . . .6<br />
Missinaibi <strong>River</strong>. . . . 4,6,8,12,14,28,30,31,<br />
32,39,54,56,147,148,153,<br />
154,168,169,170,171<br />
Missinaibi <strong>River</strong> Deposits<br />
(silica s<strong>and</strong>-clay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8<br />
Mistuskwia Beds . 34-38,41,46,48,158,169<br />
Correlation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Palynofloral assemblages. . . . . . .95-96<br />
Palynological dating. . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Mistuskwia <strong>River</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Montmorillonite . . . . . . . . . 158,165,170<br />
<strong>Moose</strong> Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
<strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong>. . . . . . . . . 147,152,174,175<br />
<strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
<strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> Formation ..........174<br />
Moosonee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,9,152<br />
Moosonee Gypsum Co. . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Morrow Tp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Mullite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165<br />
Murray Isl<strong>and</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175<br />
Murray Isl<strong>and</strong> Formation .........175<br />
Northern <strong>Ontario</strong> China Clay Corp. . . . . 8<br />
Onakawana . . .4,7,8,9,10,14,28,30,38,39,<br />
45,48,96,140,144,147,153,154<br />
Onakawana basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />
Onakawana deposits (silica s<strong>and</strong>-clay) . . .8<br />
Onakawana lignite deposits . . . . . . .7,151<br />
Feasibility study . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,11<br />
Onakawana lignite:<br />
Calorific value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />
Onakawana Development Ltd. . . . .10,11<br />
Onakawana <strong>River</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,168<br />
Onakawana Tp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Hydro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Dams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Northl<strong>and</strong> Railway . . . . . . 4,9,14<br />
Opasatika <strong>River</strong>. . . . . . . 8,12,31,148,150,<br />
154,163,172<br />
Palynofloral assemblages:<br />
In Mistuskwia Beds . . . . . . . . . . 95-96<br />
In Onakawana Lignite . . . . . . . . 98-99<br />
Palynological analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Palynological determination . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Palynomorphs:<br />
Cretaceous. . . . . . . . . . . . . .35,45,46<br />
Devonian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Jurassic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35,67<br />
Peat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,8,152<br />
Petroleum <strong>potential</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Plant fossils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Plastic clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171<br />
Plastic refractory clay. . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />
Pleistocene-Cretaceous contact. . . . . . . 54<br />
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