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Mint Canyon

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065256
MRDS ID TC40368
Record type Site
Current site name Mint Canyon
Alternate or previous names Lang, Los Angeles Gypsum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37646, 34.48807 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILE E OF UPPER MINT CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mint Canyon(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 29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Vasquez Formation
    Rock description Vasquez Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37646, 34.48807
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1922-24 AND 1948, BUT NO KNOWN PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY DIPPING CONTORTED GYPSIFEROUS BEDS UP TO 15 FT THICK (INDIVIDUAL BEDS AS THIN AS 0.25 INCHES). GYPSUM AS FIBROUS SATIN SPAR, MASSIVE ROCK GYPSUM AND ALABASTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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