GM 54952 EVALUATION REPORT, MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY 2N / MINERAUX MANIC INC. EVALUATION REPORT rri MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY MANICOUAGAN AREA, QUÉBEC NTS 22N/07 Prepared by Luciano Vendittelli, B.Sc., APGGQ MRN - GÉOINFORMATION 1997 GM 54952 June 1997 Montreal, Qc Gouvernement du Québec Ministère de l'Energle et des Ressources ® Direction générale de l'Exploration géologique et minérale CARTE MINÉRALE DU QUÉBEC, CANADA MINERAL MAP OF QUEBEC, CANADA • Cr p Amazonite An Anorthosite ® Cu A Bruche Ca Calcaire m Cu,Ni (Pt,Pd) ® Chrysotile (1) Gr Granitoides p Dolomite • Fe Quagtaq Feldspath Tourbe • Fell A Graphite O LI ® Halite (2) O Mo p Magnésite Baie d'Ungava O NI p Néphéline m NI,Cu (Pt,Pd) p Olivine O Au A Phlogopite (3) O U p Pyrite, Pyrrhotite ® Zn A Pyrochiore Pyrophyllite m Quartz (4) P Talc Baie d'Hudson p Wollastonite (1) Amiante (2) Sel gemme (3) Mica (4) Silice Baie Jamps,A lie d'Anticosti Golfe du Saint-Laurent lies de la `, Madeleine NOUVEAU- I I Roches sédimentaires BRUNSWICK L—) Intrusions telsiques et intermédiaires Roches mafiques et ultramafiques ONTARIO Intrusions et gneiss chamockitiques SFjertir• ~oélke 7-1 r Complexe gneissique ÉTATS-UNIS Métasédiments I I • I 1 Roches volcaniques (laves, tuts) Sites météoritiques 4 190 290 Kilomètres Capitale provinciale Représentation simplifiée de la carte originale é l'échelle de 1: 1 500 000 Centre de diffusion 5700, 4e Avenue ouest, local A-201 FIGURE 1 Chadesbourg (Québec) G1H 6R1 Téléphone: (418) 643.4601 Od ~ Télécopieur: (418) 644-3814 Québec (,7® Compilé par L. Avramtchev PRO 93-06 Service d'Information et de soutien è l'exploration minière (Remplace le PRO 87-01) TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 _ 2.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 6 3.0 REGIONAL GEOLOGY 9 4.0 PROPERTY GEOLOGY 11 5.0 PREVIOUS WORK 14 6.0 DISCUSSION 24 7.0 CONCLUSIONS 26 -- 8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 28 9.0 REFERENCES 32 ANNEXES CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION 34 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND CORE LOG 35 FIGURES LOCATION MAP 2 CLAIMS MAP 8 REGIONAL GEOLOGY 10 SUMMARY This report has been commissioned by Mineraux Manic Mining Inc., Montréal, Québec, as a part of an on-going investigation into the base and precious-metal mining potential of the company's Manicouagan, Québec property. The present study involves the collection and summary of the available material on the Manicouagan structure, and also some considerations on possible models of mineralization that could explain the magnetic anomaly at the center of the crater. Authors lend credit to several orogenetic models where mineralization is related to the impact of a meteorite, combined with post-impact magmatism and hydrothermal remobilization of elements. Isotopic studies indicate that the impact occurred 2.1- 2.2 hundred million years ago. I would like to thank Dr. Richard A.F. Grieve of the Geological Survey of Canada for his useful comments and Roger Moar and Marlene MacKinnon for their help in the preparation of this report. 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Manicouagan structure is located in the central part of the Province of Québec at 51°25' N and 68°45' W (Fig. 1). Access to the property is possible by the all-season highway 389 to a small air base near the Manic Five power dam; or to the Relais Gabriel on the east side of the crater followed by a fifteen minutes float plane or helicopter flight to the base camp at Lac des Isles. SOUTH-WEST MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY INTRODUCTION 5 ~ ~ ,© : ~;. ,, 2.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Minéraux Manic holds 216 claims in the geographic center of Ile René-Levasseur in the Manicouagan crater, approximately 300 kilometers North of Baie-Comeau. The claims are grouped in two blocks, one of 54 contiguous claims and another block of 162 contiguous claims. Each claim covers 16 hectares for a total of 4,391 Ha. The two blocks of claims are 2,400 meters apart. Expiry Date: 04 OCT 1997 Claim Numbers: TOTAL: 216 5037519 5037520 5037521 5037522 5037523 5037524 5037525 5037526 5037527 5037528 5037529 5037530 5037531 5037532 5037533 5037534 5037535 5037536 5037537 5037538 5037539 5037540 5037541 5037542 5037543 5037544 5037545 5037546 5037547 5037548 5037549 5037550 5037551 5037552 5037553 5037554 5037555 5037556 5037557 5037558 5037559 5037560 5037561 5037562 5037563 5037564 5037565 5037566 5037567 5037568 5037569 5037570 5037571 5037572 5037573 5037574 5037575 5037576 5037577 5037578 5037579 5037580 5037581 5037582 5037583 5037584 5037585 5037586 5037587 5037588 5037589 5037590 5037591 5037592 5037593 5037594 5037595 5037596 5037597 5037598 5037599 5037600 5037601 5037602 5037603 5037604 5037605 5037606 5037607 5037608 5037609 5037610 5037611 5037612 5037613 5037614 5037615 5037616 5037617 5037618 5037619 MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 6 5037620 5037621 5037622 5037623 5037624 5037625 5037626 5037627 5037628 5037629 5037630 5037631 5037632 5037633 5037634 5037635 5037636 5037637 5037638 5037639 5037640 5037641 5037642 5037643 5037644 5037645 5037646 5037647 5037648 5037649 5037650 5037651 5037652 5037653 5037654 5037655 5037656 5037657 5037658 5037659 5037660 5037661 5037662 5037663 5037664 5037665 5037666 5037667 5037668 5037669 5037670 5037671 5037672 5037673 5037674 5037675 5037676 5037677 5037678 5037679 5037680 5037681 5037682 5037683 5037684 5037685 5037686 5037687 5037688 5037689 5037690 5037691 5037692 5037693 5037694 5037695 5037696 5037697 5037698 5037699 5037700 5037701 5037702 5037703 5037704 5037705 5037706 5037707 5037708 5037709 5037710 5037711 5037712 5037713 5037714 5037715 5037716 5037717 5037718 5037719 5037720 5037721 5037722 5037723 5037724 5037725 5037726 5037727 5037728 5037729 5037730 5037731 5037732 5037733 5037734 MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 7 . ,. .# r ~ ;I --,~, ~! j I „ç I 1l ~`- ~ % ~ i F ~ ~~ ~~,, } ~~~ ~+ ,~~at;~` â~. .~,~~ ~~~~~~t 5~~ ~ :41::4 ~ $~,~ s~ t' ~ I~~~~~~~~~f~ ~, 1~1~1~~~~1+ ~ ç~ I . ~T ~ — P '. ~ " r y ~ ° ~ d~,~il l Ib 1 ~s11y ~5 t ~~,~t~~Slg1, ~"t ~{ #~g I•'} 1 ..~f ~ L â,~~~ -,-*----1---~ , ~~q~ \ -n.1 ~t.5.1:4 4,- -~tr 1 p f r" ' '' ~ I !r~~ 1~;~t ~ y~~l {~l,~~Ia~â~~Ir°I~ ~bt t~. _,~..~f ~;`14~~~ ~ ~ 15'O' t4~ ~,~ :. ►' ~ ~* .~ ~s ~~-, ~1~ ~ ~.~,~ t~~p~ ti11 1 tr~~'I ~ e ltt/ ~ , 1 i~~ 1~~ fi - ;f~l•l ~~ fr ii ill i ~'~.~~~ ~ ~ ~ÿ'I~~ ,~~,~~~~,~ ~¢ ,~~~~~, ~~~,, b yj ~~.tt i7~1` ~ ~`~ -1~ 11ÿs ~~~ ' ~*~-~t6'''' t'.~~ t 5b~1~ , ~'— O,1 - ` ~1 , r°I ,s,(,, 1-i~;âT 0 ~ .~~~~a~ a~ - ► 1,11:~ ~~y~~l ~10 f# ~~f ~ '~~ ~,~~m ~~~~ ~ :I, ~rt x~ ,, t 1~J ly..,. tit" ~~r~ -~ ~ I, 1 H~T ij4~ y+ j ~ ,~ 1 1~4 I ~ . l~ If~~~~~~Ï4,I 1~~ ~ Y ~ — : `~ ~t 4to _ ~ ,~ 4 ~~~$l~~1 ~+ 9~1 i> ~ N4é I i~~~ f r 4 : ~ ~ i. 4~,AI ~1~ * 64 4t ~ I ~ 1 ~~i'1 ~~t )„~ b ~~ I )2,1 Np-- t~ ~1~b~4- L~.114k-11 ..., _.,_,.yi~ 1 ~~~y~ r ~ Lf~ y i !~ I;P ~' ,l~t 'i+~\ bS 4' A~~k4~1 6i ~3 ~ i ~~1 ~~if " - ~_ ~ t ~ ,~.,~~o_~ ,~ --,1 k: ~~ ;1~2 ~~ -~¢ I:'R '~~ 441 i ,~ s`~~ ij•i_~r~-+i~~;i 5, j 6 ~ b y~~xl ~i~f~ ~g~~ 16 ' t ~,I~,~r 0;~$6~ l' ~ ~,I¢,11 I~qht► ~ylb t~ +t 15à'~ ~~ . ~). J., ~ . tc ” ~ - ~''~ # ~f. "~ i' ~4~ ~ 'i'1.-6#~,k4:'k I. ~ ~~l ~ ',$,I.7" 4 !~ I ~+j4I ,~I, ~I ~1 4Ir a$i.6 .~,_.8 ~K~ ~ lil~M rit3~r14 1 k t_t, A 1ij t1_ ~ le.,7_,Ii..?, ),. k MINERAUX MANIC INC. ~ 4 3~1~ f ~,,y \ LANICOUGAN PROPERTY ` e le 1 b~ 40i~ r ' ~~ ~ ~ _.~ ,e CLAIMS MAP 4- ,~ i •~ N'I-S 22N/07 ~~Î ~r 4 \ PI'.. L. CIWI)I'ILGI _I I ~ï>.a.',+,~;~%:•.~.~.~i~.i.~`t:•` : 3.0 REGIONAL GEOLOGY The property is located within the Grenville structural province of the Canadian shield. On a regional scale the rocks are metamorphosed to upper amphibolite and locally granulite facies trending northeast-southwest. This structural fabric is interrupted by the Cretaceous-Tertiary meteor impact structure which created a unique suite of rocks. Physically, the impact structure is a 100 km circular basin with a central uplift of anorthositic composition (Mont de Babel) believed to be due to lithostatic rebound. The structure is evident on Landsat photographs (Fig. 2). These anorthosites are surrounded by melt rock, rimmed by a margin of latite and suevite (fall back breccia). The ring of water was formed when two narrow crescent shaped rivers, Manicouagan and Mouchalagane, and surrounding incised lands were flooded in 1974 by Hydro-Québec dam Manic 5, to form the Manicouagan Reservoir. MANICOUAGAN PROPERTY REGIONAL GEOLOGY 9 N „ +-. 1 ♦ a , /• Melt rocks' Anorthcsite Mafic gneiss Grey gneiss complex ~%~ Mixed gneiss _ , Undif f erentiated granitic gneiss' F , _ ' ~~ -Gabbro Approximate center of structure km ;p l ////'/.////////, Fie. 2. Simplified geolocic map of the Manicouagan structure. Modified from Grieve and Horan (1978). .. .,,.. ., ~. ~.=r ~. • .. ... ~.~ .. ::~~.... ..,.~ ~.. .MAINE 4.0 PROPERTY GEOLOGY The circular structure is considered to be the product of an hypervelocity-meteorite impact with the Earth (astrobleme). Outcrop is controlled by topography. The main lithology of the Manicouagan structure is a flat-lying sheet of clast bearing impact melt (Manicouagan melt rock) some 100 to 200 meters thick and 55 kilometers in diameter which is found within the central part of the structure (Fig. 3). The original thickness of this sheet may have been up to 400 meters. Plagioclase, sanidine and augite are the main minerals present in the matrix of the melted rocks while hypersthene, quartz, iron oxides and smectite are minor components. The Manicouagan melt rocks have been petrologically subdivided by Floran et al. (1978) into a lower, middle and upper unit. 4.1 MANICOUAGAN MELT ROCKS The lower unit has a pseudoporphyritic texture in which abundant clasts of plagioclase, quartz and anorthosite reside in a very fine-grained matrix. At the base this unit is in unconformable contact with an undulating basement of Precambrian Grenville rocks. Here clasts/blocks up to 50 meters in size are noted.