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WEMINDJI GEOTOURISTIC MAP GEOLOGICAL HISTORY the Wemindji Land, Is Part of the Canadian Shield and Lies Within the Archean Superior Geological Province WEMINDJI GEOTOURISTIC MAP GEOLOGICAL HISTORY The Wemindji land, is part of the Canadian Shield and lies within the Archean Superior geological Province. The Superior Province comprises four geological subprovinces, from North to South: La Grande, Opinaca, Némiscau and Opa- ABOUT WEMINDJI... tica. These subprovinces are mainly composed by volcano-plutonic or metase- dimentary groups. Wemindji mean «red ochre mountain» in Cree. Wemindji Community The Wemindji land comprised the La Grande and the Opinaca subprovince. Wemindji is formerly known as Old Factory, an Island of Paakumshumwashtikw, 25 kilometres south of the current location. The name change from The La Grande subprovince is composed by volcano-plutonic rocks and the Opinaca subprovince, younger than the previous, is mainly composed by sedi- Nouveau-Comptoir followed by Paint Hills (http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca). Wemindji has been relocated since 1958 and sits at the mouth of the mentary rocks thus as paragneiss. Maquatua River on the east coast of James Bay, in northern Quebec, Canada. Wemindji is located approximately 1,400 kilometres north of Mon- Montréal tréal. The Archean La Grande sequence is mainly composed by tonalite and volca- no-sedimentary rocks. Several ultramafic to felsic intrusions and some Protero- zoic gabbroic dikes and quartz-arenite basin are also present. Around 1686, the Compagnie du Nord and French Knight Pierre de Troyes deployed soldiers in the area and managed to dislodge the English from the HBC and take control of the bay for a short time. In 1935, the HBC opened a new trading post. In 1959, the village was moved toward the coast In the area, mineralization can be classified roughly into eleven types. But, ura- where overall conditions were more favourable. niferous conglomerates, iron formations, Cr-PGM magmatic mineralization et Cu-Ni-PGM and Proterozoic uraniferous and polymetallic mineralization’s can TYPICAL LANDSCAPE OF VOLCANO-PLUTONIC ROCK http://www.jamesbayroad.com/wemindji/index.html be especially founded. Claude Dion et Jean Goutier (Géologie Québec), Michel Gauthier (UQAM), 2003 WEMINDJI COUNCIL BAND OFFICE ISLANDS NEAR WEMINDJI CENTRALE LG-3 Collines Poste Chisasibi X Doureau Sakami Baie Kachinukamache Colline Bezier I DJ Guyer Lake IN Cree Na�on of Wemindji M Zone 32 E 6, Paint Hills Au W e Lac Yasinski-NE Orfée Wemindji, Québec Au Au ad J0M 1L0 Ro nstaiga Tra Sakami Lake Apple U er a Riv uatu aq M Colline Utikuchaw unica r J sc R ive a ba m a e S s B a d y W indji Roa e m H i e g Wemindji h w ay l Sakami Lake Paint Hills Bay Pointe Bourlamaque Pointe Kapipikasi Boyd Lake Pointe Chipausatan Vieux Comptoir Lake La Longue Pointe ir pto Opinaca River om C x Colline Achanuchis ieu Pointe Jean-Daniel-Dumas V u d re viè POWER PLANT Éléonore Ri La SARCELLE GoldCorp Guenet Lake Au X Pacifique Lake Pointe D'Aiguebelle Campement de La SARCELLE e Airport Quaternary Sand, esker, Water Airport moraine, silt, argilite, varve Proterozoic Fuel Station ÉLÉONORE MINE Dyke, Gabbro l Siltstone Mining properties Exploring nature Discovered in 1995 by Mine d’Or Virginia, the Éléonore Mine is located in the area of the Ell Conglomerate 7 Lake, north-east of the Opinaca reservoir. Carbonated Rock Occurences Historical site Archean Gold 9 The production for 2014 totaled 18,300 ounces of gold. Following the resolution of the ini- Copper Granite Paragneiss tial design and operating issues commercial production was declared on April 1, 2015. Zinc Hydroelectric power plant (http://www.goldcorp.com) Granodiorite Anorthosite X Chromium Tonalite Felsic Volcanic Rock Iron Closed mine The Éléonore property is located within the contact zone between the La Grande and Opi- Pegmatite Intermediary Volcanic Rock Uranium naca sub-provinces. The host rocks of the Roberto Deposit consist in aluminous meta-sedi- Diorite Mafic Volcanic Rock Silver Road ments and conglomerates, found along the northern edge of a large dioritic intrusions. The Monzonite Amphibolite km sedimentary rocks evolve into pegmatite-bearing paragneiss to the north and to the west, CMEB Misstissini Geotouristic Map - January 2014 Railway Worked deposit 0 10 20 30 40 16, Beaver Road Gneiss Ultramafic Rock suggesting a steep metamorphic gradient (http://www.goldcorp.com). P.O. Box 210 Migmatite Fault Deposit with tonnage Power line Wemindji, Qc, J0M 1L0.
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