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LUMBERS 1971 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS HONOURABLE LEO BERNIER, Minister D. P. DOUGLASS, Deputy Minister J. E. THOMSON, Director, Geological Branch Geology of the North Bay Area Districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound By S. B. Lumbers Geological Report 94 TORONTO 1971 Publications of the Ontario Department of Mines and Northern Affairs and price list are obtainable through the Publications Office, Ontario Department of Mines and Northern Affairs Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario Orders for publications should be accompanied by cheque, or money order, payable to Treasurer of Ontario. Stamps are not acceptable. 1,000-638-1970 rp ii CONTENTS PAGE Abstract vi Introduction 1 Present Geological Survey 2 Acknowledgments 3 Means of Access 3 Previous Geological Work 4 Physiography 4 Relief 4 Drainage 5 Rock Exposure 6 General Geology 6 Table of Lithologic Units 8 Metamorphic Complex 7 Metasediments ' Clastic Siliceous Metasediments 9 Biotite Gneiss and Migmatitic Biotite Gneiss 9 Feldspathic Gneiss 13 Muscovitic and Quartzose Gneiss 16 Calcareous Metasediments 18 Hornblende Gneiss 18 Carbonate Metasediments 20 Metasedimentary Inclusions in Plutonic Rocks 21 Summary of the Metasedimentary Sequence 21 Felsic Plutonic Rocks 22 Granitic Rocks 28 Modal and Chemical Data 28 Distribution 30 Mulock Batholith 32 Beaucage Granite Sheets 32 Sturgeon Falls Batholith 32 Burnt Island Pluton 33 Cross Point Pluton 33 East Ferris Stock 34 Monzonitic Rocks 34 Modal and Chemical Data 34 Distribution 37 Powassan Batholith 38 Bonfield Batholith 39 Wilkes Pluton 39 Age of the Felsic Plutonic Rocks 39 Mafic Plutonic Rocks 40 Mafic Stocks 40 Mafic Dikes and Sills 41 Granite Pegmatite Dikes 41 Metamorphism of the Metamorphic Complex 43 Late Precambrian(P) 44 Mafic Intrusive Rocks 44 Mafic Stocks 44 Chebogomog Lake Stock 45 Memesagamesing Lake Stock 45 Diabase Dikes 46 Paleozoic 47 Cambrian 47 Alkalic and Related Mafic Intrusive Rocks 47 Alkalic Complexes 47 Iron Island Complex 50 Burritt Island Complex 51 Manitou Islands Complex 51 Callander Complex 52 Fenitic Rocks in Springer Township 53 Mafic Dike Systems Associated with the Alkalic Complexes 53 Regionally Developed Lamprophyre and Associated Dikes 54 Ordovician Sedimentary Rocks 54 Unclassified Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks 56 iii Pleistocene Direction of Ice Movement Drift Prehistoric Great Lakes and Related Deposits Weathering of the Bedrock Recent Structural Geology Deformation of the Metamorphic Complex Foliation and Folding of the Metasedimentary Gneisses Structural Relations of the Felsic Plutons Lineation Faulting Evidence of Faulting Character and Age of the Faults Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben Economic Geology Prospecting and Mining Activity Metallic Mineralization Copper and Nickel Description of Deposits Memesagamesing Lake Stock, Hardy Township Chebogomog Lake Stock, Grant Township Lots 28 and 29, Concession X, Nipissing Township . Widdifield Township Iron Description of Deposits Lot 218, Concession A, Nipissing Township Lots 22 to 25, Concession XV, Nipissing Township .. Magnesium Molybdenum Niobium and Uranium Description of Deposits Iron Island Complex Burritt Island Complex Manitou Islands Complex Callander Complex Fenitic Rocks in Springer Township Lot 27, Concession VIII, East Ferris Township Precious Metal Mineralization Description of Deposits Lot 24, Concession XVIII, Nipissing Township Lot 10, Concession XIX, Gurd Township Ruth Lake, Nipissing Township Lot 6, Concession XV, Nipissing Township Lot 22, Concession XV, Nipissing Township Minor Sulphide Mineralization Non-Metallic Mineralization Apatite Barite and Fluorite Feldspar and Mica Description of Deposits Lot 7, Concession II, Grant Township Lot 47, Concession XV, Patterson Township Lot 48, Concession XII, Patterson Township Lot 30, Concession X, NiDissing Township Lot 24, Concession III, Chisholm Township Lots 7 and 8, Concessions D and E, Olrig Township Graphite Kyanite Description of Deposits Widdifield Township Phelps and Olrig Townships Butler Township Industrially Useful Rocks Clay Sand and Gravel Suggestions for Future Exploration References Cited Index iv Tables 1-Table of Lithologic Units 8 2-Range in modal composition of biotite gneiss and migmatitic biotite gneiss 12 3-Range in modal composition of feldspathic gneiss 15 4-Range in modal composition of muscovitic and quartzose gneiss 17 5-Average modes of the granitic rocks 30 6-Modal and chemical analyses and norms of the biotite granites 31 7-Modal analyses of monzonitic rocks 35 8-Chemical analyses and norms of the monzonitic rocks 35 9-Average chemical analyses of the monzonitic rocks compared to chemical analyses of charnockitic and syenitic rocks of the anorthosite kindred and to Nockold's (1964) average chemical composition of monzonite, alkalic syenite, granodiorite, and tonalite 37 Figures 1-Key map showing location of the North Bay area 47 2-Some major features of the Pleistocene geology of the North Bay area 57 3-Sketch map showing the geology and mineralized zones of the Memesagamesing Lake stock 71 4-Sketch map showing the geology and mineralized zones of the Chebogomog Lake stock.. 73 5-Sketch map showing the major geological features of the Iron Island Complex 80 6-Sketch map showing the major geological features and mineral deposits of the Manitou Islands Complex 82 7-Sketch map showing the major geological features of the Callander Complex 84 Photographs 1-Relict bedding in biotite gneiss showing a thick bed of coarse metasandstone intercalated with thinly bedded metasandstone and metasiltstone 10 2-Typical migmatitic biotite gneiss 10 3-Typical thinly bedded biotite gneiss showing relic rhythmic bedding 11 4-Relic bedding in feldspathic gneiss