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| Record Name(s) | Slocum Lake Deposit - 1931, Slocombe Lake Deposit - 1943, Sliding Lake Deposit - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Jul-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Diatomite
Township or Area: Stisted
Latitude: 45° 17' 45.32" Longitude: -79° 20' 3.61"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 630602.002 Northing: 5017174.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E06SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1931: Diatomite Products Limited - mill construction. 1933-37: Diatomite Products Limited and Canadian Multi-Cell Company - production. Lake sludge piped 1.25 miles to Martin Siding plant.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided | 1 | Diatomite | Is |
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Apr 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - In 1964 D. Hewitt visited the property and reported that at the south end of the lake, 12 feet of dark-brown diatomaceous muck was sampled below 12 feet of water. The sampling took place near the remains of cribbing which reportedly once supported the dredge.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1937 | 18 | Source: AR52 p. 2, p. 27 | 20 tons sold: $1000,00 value | |
| 1936 | 726 | Source: AR52 p. 2, p. 27 | 800 tons milled;40 tons sold; $2000.00 value | |
| 1935 | 1361 | Source: AR52 p. 2, p. 27 | 1500 tons milled, 100 tons sold; $4600.00 value | |
| 1934 | 36 | Source: AR52 p. 2, p. 27 | 40 tons sold; $1600.00 value | |
| 1933 | 18 | Source: AR52 p. 2, p. 27 | 20 tons milled, $860.00 value |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 26-27 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Page: 41 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of Ontario's mineral industry in 1931
Publication Number: ARV41-01.001 Page: 30 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers W.R., Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of Ontario's mineral industry in 1932
Publication Number: ARV42-01.001 Page: 29 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers W.R., Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of Ontario's mineral industry in 1933
Publication Number: ARV43-01.001 Page: 27 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers W.R., Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1934
Publication Number: ARV44-01.001 Page: 31 Date: 1997
Author: Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1935
Publication Number: ARV45-01.001 Page: 41 Date: 1997
Author: Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1936
Publication Number: ARV46-01.001 Page: 46 Date: 1997
Author: Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.001 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1938
Publication Number: ARV48-01.001 Page: 3 Date: 1997
Author: Tremblay M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 51-52 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Huntsville Area
Publication Number: P3413 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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