The Pacoima Canyon Placers is a titanium mine located in Los Angeles county, California at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium
Lat, Long: 34.3583, -118.35310
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Pacoima Canyon Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacoima Canyon Placers
Secondary: Little Tujunka Locality Ii
Commodity
Primary: Titanium
Secondary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Hafnium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Los Angeles
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Percent: 95.00
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1983
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Amphibole
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EVALUATED AT INFERRED LEVEL IN 1983
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE TONNAGE DISPLAYED IN MATRIX ONE REPRESENTS THE FINE GRAINED MATERIAL LESS THE GRAVEL. SCREENING WILL REDUCE THIS FIGURE BY ABOUT FOURTEEN PERCENT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SEVERAL MILLION TONNES OF SAND AND GRAVEL WITH UP TO 30.8% TIO2 TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE. DATA COULD HAVE BEEN ENTERED INCORRECTLY. THE 1,920,000 MT COULD BE 19,200,000 MT. SAME ERROR COULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH DATA ENTRY IN THE Q-DATA SET.
References
Reference (Deposit): FLORIDA, MILLING METHODS IN AMERICA, GORDON AND BREACH
Reference (Deposit): SCIENCE PUBLISHERS. 1964, PP. 205-230.
Reference (Deposit): KAUFFMAN, A.J., AND D.C. HOLT. ZIRCON: A REVIEW, WITH
Reference (Deposit): EMPHASIS ON WEST COAST RESOURCES AND MARKETS. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): I.C. 8268, 1965, 66 PP.
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOLOGY BULL. 176, 1957, PP. 707-712.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 129, 1948, P. 264; PLATE 25.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 50, 1954, NO. 88, P. 645.
Reference (Deposit): JUNE, 1981, PP. 458-465.
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., A.L. ENGEL, H.J. HEINEN. TITANIFEROUS
Reference (Deposit): MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): R.I. 5962, 1962, 40 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GOMES. J.M., G.M. MARTINEZ, W.W. WONG. RECOVERY OF
Reference (Deposit): BYPRODUCT HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN
Reference (Deposit): CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUMINES R.I.8471, 1980, 20
Reference (Deposit): GROGAN, R.M. MILLING AT DUPONT'S HEAVY MINERALS MINES IN
Reference (Reserve-Resource): QUADRANGLE,LOF ANGELS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF DIV OF MINES
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 172, 1958, P. 147.
Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS. BEACH SAND PROJECT FOR SOUTH AFRICA. MINING
Reference (Deposit): MAGAZINE, VOL. 135, NOVEMBER, 1976, PP. 425-432.
Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS. MINERAL SANDS SUPPLEMENT. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Reference (Deposit): NO. 142, JULY, 1979, PP I-IV.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OAKSHOTT, G B; GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE SAN FERNANDO
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