San Gabriel Mountain District

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Titanium, Vanadium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000754
MRDS ID ISM0586
Record type District
Current site name San Gabriel Mountain District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3342, 34.38331 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Angeles National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3342, 34.38331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description OXIDE-RICH BODIES ALONG GABBRO-ANORTHOSITE CONTACTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NATIONAL FOREST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1948, TITANIFEROUS IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 129 P. P. 245-263.

  • Deposit

    FORCE, E.R., AND LYND, E.L., 1984, 11P., TITANIUM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US - DEFINITIONS AND DOCUMENTATION; CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1558-B.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, E.C., 1966, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8290, 65P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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