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Geology of the Lantagnac - La Touche Area (Comte D'abitibi-Est) Exploration Géologique
DPV 497 GEOLOGY OF THE LANTAGNAC - LA TOUCHE AREA (COMTE D'ABITIBI-EST) EXPLORATION GÉOLOGIQUE MINISTÈRE DES RICHESSES NATURELLES DIRECTION GENERALE DES MINES r GEOLOGY OF THE LANTAGNAC LA TOUCHE AREA ABITIBI-EST COUNTY AND ABITIBI TERRI ORY J. A. Macintosh FINAL REPORT 1977 DPV-497 GOUVERNEMENT DU QUEBEC MINISTERE DES RICHESSES NATURELLES GEOLOGY OF THE LANTAGNAC-LA TOUCHE AREA ABITIBI-EST COUNTY AND ABITIBI TERRITORY Final report by J.A. MacIntosh 1977 Document placed on open file in March 1977 DPV-497 Distribution on request only Large glacial erratic and smaller superposed block north end of Opataca lake, within the area. - V - TAME OF CONTENTS Pace INTRODUCTInN 1 General statement 1 Location 2 Access 2 Field work 4 Acknowledgements 5 Previous work 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 6 Settlement and resources 6 Physioaraphv 9 GENERAL GEOLOGY 13 Correlation 17 PRE-OPEMISCA GROUP 18 Lithologv and distribution 18 Petrography 23 Metavolcanics at Petites Plaaes lake 26 Felsic Volcanic rocks at Pichamobi Arm 27 Felsic dikes in Pre-Opemisca rocks 31 OPEMISCA GROUP 33 Sedimentary rocks 33 Lithology and distribution 33 Petrocranhv 41 Porphvritic volcanic rocks 43 Litholoav and distribution 43 Petrography 45 CENTRAL GNEISS 46 Ouartzofeldspathic schist and gneiss 46 Dark gneiss 52 - VI - NORTHERN (NEISS 56 ULTRARASIC TO GRANITIC STOCKS 59 Ultrabasic rocks 59 Gabbros 65 Svenodiorite 7(1 Svenite and melasvenite 73 Granite 76 LATER DIARASE AND GABBRO DIKES 82 Gabbro dikes 82 Diabase dikes 85 SANDSTONE FISSURE.-FILLINGS 87 PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT 88 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 91 ECONOMIC GEOLOC,Y 95 Review of mineral exploration 95 Additional indications of mineralisation 119 RIIILTOGRAPHY 122 - VII - PLATES Plate 1. -
Frotet Lake - Troilus Lake Area, Abitibi and Mistassini Territories Quebec Department of Natural Resources
RG 123(A) FROTET LAKE - TROILUS LAKE AREA, ABITIBI AND MISTASSINI TERRITORIES QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Honorable Daniel Johnson Paul-Emile Auger Minister Deputy Minister GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION SERVICE Robert Bergeron, Director GEOLOGICAL REPORT 123 FROTET LAKE - TROÏLUS LAKE AREA Abitibi and Mistassini Territories by Daniel L. Murphy QUEBEC. 1966 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 General statement 1 Location and accessibility 2 Field work and acknowledgements 2 Previous work 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 3 Settlement 3 Resources 4 Agriculture 4 Timber 4 Fish and game 4 Climate 4 Physiography 5 Topography 5 Drainage 5 GENERAL GEOLOGY 6 Regional geology 6 Local geology 6 PRECAMBRIAN 7 Pre-Broadback Group 7 General features 7 Volcanic rocks 8 Andesite 9 Basalt 10 Tuff and breccia 10 Sedimentary rocks 11 Graywacke-type rocks and argillite 12 Black slate and chert 13 Metamorphic rocks 14 Greenstone, phyllite and schist 14 Hornblende gneiss and amphibolite 15 Intermediate to ultramafic igneous rocks 17 General features 17 Altered peridotite 17 Gabbro 18 Diorite 19 Acid igneous rocks and related types 20 General features 20 Quartz diorite 20 Granodiorite 21 Ea at Quartz monzonite 21 Granites 21 Gray gneissic granite 21 Pink to tan granite 22 Pegmatite and aplite 23 Porphyritic rhyolite 23 Transitional or hybrid rocks 23 Vein and replacement deposits 24 Basic dikes 26 CENOZOIC 27 Pleistocene and Recent 27 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 28 Regional structure 28 Local structure 28 Folds 28 Linear features 29 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 30 Metallic deposits 30 Non-metallic deposits 31 Asbestos 31 Sand and gravel 31 Pegmatite dikes 32 REFERENCES CITED 32 ALPHABETICAL INDEX 33 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Ma p No. -
Preliminary Report, Geology of the Lantagnac - La Touche Area, Abitibi Territory and Abitibi-East County
RP 555(A) PRELIMINARY REPORT, GEOLOGY OF THE LANTAGNAC - LA TOUCHE AREA, ABITIBI TERRITORY AND ABITIBI-EAST COUNTY P.R. NO. 555 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Honorable DANIEL JOHNSON PAUL-EMILE AUGER Minister Deputy Minister Geology of LANTAGNAC - LA TOUCHE AREA ABITIBI TERRITORY AND ABITIBI-EAST COUNTY PRELIMINARY REPORT by J.A. Maclntosh 80° 78° 76° 74° 72° 52° F.arrmnbi — 52' BAIE JAMES de I l Bale de fl°1.1 Rupert House Hannah R.de Rapert ~Lae Mutasd~ ( y _____ iI u• \ ` ykyr_ i1 / bEvans'~ i ^ ``, ~ f t~L. A(baneÿ t r I I ~~ ~Qii / X. BroaJback , i I ô ~ J/® / ti I ~ ~ ~ ‘.....--"1, j~} ~ %` .An;n;ca ^ (r / 16 v ' a I Q U É• ; 50° L L.Raronirhi _.50' ;ua , ~ ' ~ 7 1,1, Pa, l Grasser ~^1~. i L. ~ L. au Goéland ~ « .. , ~.. ~5',,_ f.h;GuJpamaa I„ I Mampmi t ` ~ ! ; L. ara abn I L. Wasunaipi~ ~~ Z i 'Pa .~ "L. Sieu6~Fnther I ~ O I jI tiL. (h1Erillon ( I °D«I6n I~~~~ Mamie I Beatty villa ré • r^'"?'~ St-FéBcieri ÿ' }' L. Abitibi ; L. Parent h jn' lupaLl uee anrds MberrJ 1IYaranda 1 etui Z. L..Na(arric Rk_tiFRVUiR~ ' , (.Ul'IV ~ Vald'or I L. cufpuea 0~ 25 50 i . i ~~ .y ° ~~ Milles M~.<s ~ .- ~ I 80° 78° 76° 74° 72° QUEBEC 1966 P.R. NO. 555 P.R. NO. 555 QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Honorable DANIEL JOHNSON PAUL-EMILE AUGER Minister Deputy Minister GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION SERVICE ROBERT BERGERON, Director Geology of LANTAGNAC - LA TOUCHE AREA ABITIBI TERRITORY AND ABITIBI-EAST COUNTY PRELIMINARY REPORT by J.A. -
LA TOPONYMIE DES CRIS Dossiers Toponymiques, 29 Commission De
LA TOPONYMIE DES CRIS Dossiers toponymiques, 29 Commission de toponymie Octobre 2003 Cette publication a été réalisée et distribuée par la Commission de toponymie du Québec Édifice Marie-Guyart Aile René-Lévesque, 4e étage 1060, rue Louis-Alexandre-Taschereau Québec (Québec) G1R 5V8 Téléphone : (418) 643-2817 Télécopieur : (418) 644-9466 Internet : http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca Direction générale et secrétariat Alain VALLIÈRES Danielle TURCOTTE Recherche, rédaction, traduction et révision Christian BONNELLY Lindsay BROWN François CARDINAL Sébastien GARIÉPY Hélène LA ROCHELLE Pierre PARÉ Marc RICHARD Saisie des listes et des textes Murielle DAIGLE Guylaine PICHETTE Cartographie Serge LABRECQUE Éric LECLERC Informatique Benoît BOISVERT Publication et diffusion Guylaine PICHETTE Dépôt légal –4e trimestre 2003 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Bibliothèque nationale du Canada ISBN 2-550-41489-6 ©Gouvernement du Québec, 2003 MEMBRES DE LA COMMISSION DE TOPONYMIE Nicole RENÉ Présidente par intérim Jean-René CÔTÉ Commissaire Jacques LACOURSIÈRE Commissaire Anne MACLAREN Commissaire Table des matières Préface VII Avant-propos IX Les Cris et leur histoire 3 Cartes de localisation 7 Caractéristiques de la toponymie crie 29 Présentation du corpus 31 Répertoire des toponymes cris 33 Lexique des entités géographiques en langue crie 229 Bibliographie 251 Préface La toponymie crie représente une partie relativement ancienne mais combien utile et importante du patrimoine de cette Première Nation. Au cours des millénaires d’occupation du territoire de la Baie-James et de la zone géographique qui s'étend vers l’est jusqu’au Labrador terreneuvien, le peuple cri a su développer une connaissance géographique détaillée du territoire, une tradition orale riche et un savoir- faire propre aux peuples nordiques. -
Preliminary Report, Geology of Lake Assinica Area, Abitibi Territory
RP 550(A) PRELIMINARY REPORT, GEOLOGY OF LAKE ASSINICA AREA, ABITIBI TERRITORY P.R. NO. 550 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Honorable GASTON BINETTE PAUL-EMILE AUGER Minister Deputy Minister Geology of LAKE ASSINICA AREA ABITIBI TERRITORY PRELIMINARY REPORT by L.B. Gillett 80° 78° 7fi° 74° 71° I 52° R. T _.—! . -- - 57° ✓ ' RAIE JAMES de Rupen R81, Rupert Houx de o i I I Hannah lm~~ b~ ~ R. de Rupert+' N ~ /~ I ~ -- ~_„_ _ L Lae Mlaau:.:J j ' I \ ~ 1 ♦ i S / ~ \ p L. F.lnns ' r~ 1. 116anct • , ~ I ~ Y ~ ~I _ I .,ili i i " I 1~ .. A.vinurn \ ~ô ^t ~ "t' ~ ~ I• z rI Q s ?U $. B C _.- '- -r - - - ''''''1..!L hR '.raniah: . S0. so-I n i pe°° L. ~. .ga, •• ~sr°~lr~ ~ - ~ - 2L Ma ~~, l ~ L. Grossn 11:"."":4.- ~ L. nu CM/n.°! ~s .1L fhib~Jpnmau Montai 1. 2i~ 1 L. Wnsmnip:~ . ~Y' z l ` A ~r ~ t ' nthe. I / - L. \ïro~ Â, O i ~L!Qu6. lan 1 p~yy I M~e.si i ~ '~ Ba.~4 k d „ ~ ~ L.du11:k - saw. ;1,,, ' L Aeitib [ -" Ita n7 q n p, u lA..B.r .~vn.e Manful e. Mahanie Rk_SF.RVOIR y h I COOIV 45 50 • vo d'Or r LC urn I I l~~..®e. i • 48 48° _ -i---4~- ~JfJ ~ - ' ._ - h ~ . -~—~`_ _ . .1 ~ n,~~ g0= 78° 76° 74° 72° QUEBEC 1966 P.R. NO. 550 P.R. NO. 550 QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Honorable GASTON BINETTE PAUL-EMILE AUGER Minister Deputy Minister GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION SERVICE ROBERT BERGERON, Director Geology of LAKE ASSINICA AREA ABITIBI TERRITORY PRELIMINARY REPORT by L.B. -
REGNAULT LAKE AREA, ABITIBI TERRITORY F$0
RG 149(A) REGNAULT LAKE AREA, ABITIBI TERRITORY f$0 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINES BRANCH REGNAULT LAKE AREA Abitibi Territory GEOLOGICAL REPORT —149 JEHAN RONDOT 1972 G.R.-149 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 Physical geography 2 Orography 2 Hydrography 4 Previous work 4 Field work 8 GENERAL GEOLOGY 9 OPHIOLITIC SERIES (PRE-BROADBACK GROUP) 9 General characteristics and distribution 9 Table of formations 10 Pseudo-graywacke 11 Light grey pseudo-graywacke 11 Grey pseudo-graywacke 12 Carbonate rocks 12 Conclusion 13 White and grey tuffs 13 White tuffs 13 Fine-grained grey tuffs 15 Medium-grained and agglomeratic tuffs 15 Conclusion 16 Lavas and fine-grained, greenish grey rocks 16 Basaltic lavas 17 Andesitic lavas 17 Other rocks 19 Medium-grained, ultrabasic to dioritic rocks 19 Peridotite 19 Gabbro 20 Diorite 23 Conclusion 24 MIGMATITES 26 Transition zone 26 Metamorphism of the transition zone 26 Injections in the transition zone 27 Regional migmatites 28 ACID INTRUSIVE ROCKS 30 Porphyroid granite 30 Hornblende syenite 31 Pluie Lake granite 32 Other small masses of grey granite 34 Grey granite of Laloire lake 35 Grey granite exposed north of Pluie lake 35 Other grey granitic rocks 36 Pink to beige biotite granite 37 Alaskitic pegmatites and aplites 38 YOUNGER DIKES 39 Basic dikes 39 Quartzose dikes 40 CENOZOIC 40 Pleistocene 40 Holocene 41 Page TECTONICS 42 Folding 42 Attitude of foliation 42 Folds 43 Faults and shear zones 43 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY z 45 Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum sulphides 45 History 45 Mineralized occurrences 45 Spodumene (lithium) 46 GEOCHEMISTRY 49 REFERENCES 52 APPENDIX, 53 ILLUSTRATIONS Map No.