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Moose River Basin: geology and mineral potential - Geology Ontario

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<strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Basin</strong><br />

PAGE<br />

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 />

PAGE<br />

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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