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 />
Figure 2.1-<strong>Geology</strong> of the Onakawana-Smoky Falls area.<br />
Highway 634 leads 75 km from Highway 11 at Smooth Rock Falls to Fra<br />
serdale, <strong>and</strong> a private road continues to Smoky Falls on the Mattagami <strong>River</strong><br />
near the southern margin of the <strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Basin</strong>. An unpaved road extends a<br />
further 10 km north from Smoky Falls, just reaching the subcrop area of Meso<br />
zoic sediments. The Missinaibi <strong>River</strong> was recently declared a Wild <strong>River</strong> Re<br />
serve <strong>and</strong> is a popular canoe route through the region.<br />
Because of the relative lack of access, poor bedrock exposures, <strong>and</strong> very<br />
swampy conditions of the terrain between the major rivers, ground transporta<br />
tion <strong>and</strong> normal field mapping methods are not feasible in the <strong>Moose</strong> <strong>River</strong> Ba<br />
sin. Helicopters were found to be the most convenient means of transportation,<br />
providing easy access to isolated outcrops along the rivers <strong>and</strong> allowing rapid<br />
reconnaissance of large areas. The fall 1977 drilling near Onakawana was car<br />
ried out with very effective helicopter support (Verma, Telford, <strong>and</strong> Norris<br />
1978).<br />
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