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(20) Little Gummel Lake, Near Castlereagh, Colchester County 
White diatomite occurs about the edges of the lake bottom and is 
covered by several feet of peaty mud; thickness, 2 to 3 feet. 
(21) Clear Lake, 3 Miles South of New Annan, Colchester County 
Diatomite occupies about 8 acres on bottom of lake. In places a 
few inches of white diatomite, in other places the white is underlain by 
2 to 8 feet of black diatomite-bearing mud. 
(22) Earltown Lake, Colchester County 
Diatomite occurs locally on lake bottom, in places forming a deposit 
consisting of 2 feet of white, underlain by 12 feet of dark grey-brown, 
diatomite. A deposit also occurs in a swamp \ mile north of the lake 
where 1 foot of greyish diatomite is overlain by 6 inches of vegetable matter. 
(23) Cluness Marsh, Robertson Lake, 5 Miles South of Barney River Station, 
Pictou County 
An area of ^ acre of light grey diatomite, 2 feet thick, overlain by 1 
foot of soil. 
(24) Brora Lake, Pictou County 
Diatomite occupies part of the lake bottom, and is of varying 
thickness and colour. In places the deposit consists of several feet of white 
diatomite, in others of white underlain by yellow, and this by dark brown. 
Thickness varies from 3 to 13 feet. Area of deposit is 40 acres. Dark 
diatomite, 6 to 13 feet thick, occurs in a bordering swamp, and somewhat 
gritty diatomite, 2 to 3 feet thick, underlies a small area in a marsh J mile 
northeast of the lake. 
(25) Near Sydney, Cape Breton County 
Horse Island, Hoseway river at Middle Ohio, Shelburne county. One 
to 1§ feet of grey diatomite overlain by 1 foot soil. The material occurs 
in several small areas in a marshy meadow. The sample received consists 
almost entirely of sand and of sponge spicules, with occasional diatoms 
of universal distribution. 
Sarty farm, North river, 8 miles north of New Germany, Lunenburg 
county. A few inches of grey diatomite overlain by 1 foot of soil. One 
sample received consists of sand, sponge spicules, and a few of the common 
diatoms. A second sample, No. 3 above, contains many species. 
New Brunswick 
(26) Near Moncton, Westmorland County 
(27) Stannard Lake, 3 Miles Southwest of Albert Mines, Albert County 
Diatomite occurs over an area of 7 acres on bottom of the lake. In 
places white diatomite at surface, but in most places 3 to 5 feet of brown 
diatomite covered by a few inches of mud. Sponge spicules are abundant. 
