Mine detail: Soledad Canyon

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.38331, -118.3342

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zirconium, Titanium
Discovery year:	1944

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	PLACER, CONTINENTAL
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1985

Geology

Structure:

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ALONG SOLEDAD CANYON ARE DERIVED FROM GABBRO-ANORTHORSITE COMPLEX UPSTREAM

References

MRDS	ISM0774
DEP	60000877
Reference	{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.}