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File Created: 06-Jan-1990 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)
Last Edit:  20-Apr-1995 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name CHILLIWACK DIATOMITE Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H001
Status Showing NTS Map 092H04W
Latitude 049º 05' 01'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 57' 36'' Northing 5437271
Easting 575940
Commodities Diatomite Deposit Types F06 : Lacustrine diatomite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

A small, impure diatomite deposit has been reported in a swamp at the Williams farm, 9.7 kilometres south of Chilliwack. The fresh water diatomaceous mud is comprised of 46 centimetres of gritty diatomite over an area of 16.7 square metres (CANMET Report 691, page 82).

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Diatomite Occurrences in British Columbia (in Ministry Library))
EMPF PF (Mines Branch Report Canmet 691, 1928, page 82)
CANMET RPT 691, p. 82

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