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Gates Chemical Company

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065248
MRDS ID TC40357
Record type Site
Current site name Gates Chemical Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33757, 34.4364 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004N 014W 10,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SOLEDAD CANYON, NEAR ALPINE STATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anorthosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33757, 34.4364
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gates Chemical Co.
    Home office Los Angeles
    Last year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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