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Tick Canyon

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023757
MRDS ID I001190
Record type Site
Current site name Tick Canyon
Alternate or previous names Lang Mine, Sterling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36562, 34.49862 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MILES N OF LANG., Est, +/-5 Seconds

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agua Dulce(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Clara(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005N 014W 27,28,29,;30,31,32,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE HOWLITE OCCURRED IN CAULIFLOWER-LIKE GROWTHS; THE PROBERTITE IN FLATTENED AGGREGATES OF IRREGULARLY RADIATING PRISMS FOUND ON THE DUMPS, VEATCHITE IN THIN SILVERY PLATES ON FRACTURE SURFACES OF GRAY SHALE AND AS NODULAR AGGREGATES OF PLATY GRAINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Ulexite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Vasquez Series
    Rock description Vasquez Series
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Vasquez Series
    Rock description Vasquez Series
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36562, 34.49862
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tick Canyon Fault (Left Lateral) Offsets Borate Beds By Approx. 1000 Ft To The Northeast.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM, LENTICULAR
    Strike N75W-N90W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VASQUEZ SERIES CONSISTS OF ARKOSE (OFTEN TUFFACEOUS) CONGLOMERATE, LIMESTONE, SANDSTONE, AND MUDSTONE, WITH INTERBEDDED ANDESITE AND BASALT. THE BEDS CARRYING COMMERCIAL COLEMANITE ARE AMONG THE FINER GRAINED IN THE FORMATION AND CONSIST OF THINLY BEDDED FINE RED AND BROWN SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, MUDSTONE, AND PURPLE SILTY SHALE, CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE VASQUEZ SERIES AND BETWEEN VESICULAR FLOWS OF BASALT. THE MONOMINERALIC NATURE OF THE B DEPOSIT SUGGEST THAT TEH ORIGINAL DEPOSITIONAL SITE WAS A MARSH WITH MARL AND TRAVERTINE WITH MIUD AND ORGANIC MATERIAL. B-BEARING FLUIDS (BORIC ACID) FLOWED INTO THE BASIN AND REPLACED THE ORIGINAL LST TO CA BORATES. THE VASQUEZ SERIES IS UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY THE MORE GENTLY DIPPING TICK CANYON FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1922
Production years 1908-1922

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Coast Borax Co.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.
    First year 1921

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1908-1922 WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING THIN SEAMS OF COLEMANITE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SUB-COMMERCIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 VERTICAL SHARS (EACH 350 FT DEEP). MINE WAS WORKED AT 100-, 200-, AND 300-FT LEVELS. WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED TO AN UNKNOWN EXTENT AND FLOODED BELOW THE 150-FT LEVEL. SQUARE SET AND SHRINKAGE STOPES.

Comments on development

  • STERLING BORAX COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES WAS THE OWNER/OPERATOR DURING THE TIME OF MAIN OPERATION (PRE- WORLD WAR I). DEPOSIT IS MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN FERNANDO QUADRANGLE, LOS ANGESES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 172, 147 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    OAKESSHOTT, 1958.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COLEMANITE OCCURS IN FINER-GRAINED SEDIMENTS BETWEEN BASALT FLOWS NEAR THE TOP OF THE VASQUEZ FM. EAST OF THE TICK CANYON FAULT. THE MAIN COLEMANITE BED IS UP TO 30 FT THICK; ABOUT 1000 FT LONG THAT IS ENCLOSED AND INTERMIXED WITH SHALE. THE BED STRIKES NEAR NORTH DIPPING ABOUT 70S ON THE NORTH FLANK OF A SYNCLINE PUNGING GENTLY SW. THINNER COLEMANITE LAYERS AND SEVERAL HOWLITE-BEARING STRATA ALSO OCCUR BUT WERE NOT MINED. SUB-ECONOMIC B LAYERS EXTEND FOR NEARLY 2 MILES ALONG A NE STRIKE OF THE MAIN DEPOSIT.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD RL10058 OF R.P. LANGFORD WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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