San Gabriel

Prospect in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Titanium, Iron, Vanadium
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000852
MRDS ID ISM0739
Record type District
Current site name San Gabriel
Alternate or previous names Dagger Flat, Iron Canyon, Buck Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2509, 34.36671 (WGS84)
Relative position ESTIMATED FROM FIGURE IN RF4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Los Angeles(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
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2509, 34.36671

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description STRATIFIED MAFIC PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, B., 1982, MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE SAN GABRIEL ANORTHOSITE-SYENITE BODY, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAVERSE RANGES, SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 208-216.

  • Deposit

    CARTER, B. AND SILVER, L.T., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN GABRIEL ANORTHOSITE-SYENITE BODY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAVERSE RANGES, SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 294-296.

  • Deposit

    NICHOLS, N.M., 1982, MINERAL POTENTIAL, GILLBRAND MINING OPERATIONS, SAN GABRIEL ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAVERSE RANGES: SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P.431-438

  • Deposit

    CARTER, B., 1982, FIELD PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAN GABRIEL ANORTHOSITE-SYENITE BODY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA IN: GEOLOGIC EXCURSION IN THE TRAVERSE RANGES: VOLUME AND GUIDEBOOK, GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA CORDILLERAN SECTION, 78TH ANNUAL MEETING.

  • Deposit

    OAKSHOTT, G.B., 1948, TITANIFEROUS IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, BULLETIN 129, P. 245-266.

  • Deposit

    SILVER, L.T., MCKINNEY, C.R., DEUTSCH, S. AND BOLINGER, J., 1963, PRECAMBRIAN AGE DETERMINATIONS IN THE WESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, V. 71.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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