Soledad Canyon

Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
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. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000877
MRDS ID ISM0774
Record type District
Current site name Soledad Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3342, 34.38331 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSITS OCCUR IN MAGIC MOUNTAIN

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
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3342, 34.38331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ALONG SOLEDAD CANYON ARE DERIVED FROM GABBRO-ANORTHORSITE COMPLEX UPSTREAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1944
Year of first production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P.W. GILLIBRAND CO.
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OAKESHOLT, G.B., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN FERNANDO QUADRANGLE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN, 171, 147P.

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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