Pacoima Canyon Placers

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

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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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