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P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant

The P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant is a sand and gravel, construction mine located in Los Angeles county, California at an elevation of 1,804 feet.

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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

Name: P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant

State:  California

County:  Los Angeles

Elevation: 1,804 Feet (550 Meters)

Commodity: Sand and Gravel, Construction

Lat, Long: 34.4306, -118.37060

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P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant
Secondary: P.W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant
Secondary: Soledad Plant No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Secondary: Titanium
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Location

State: California
County: Los Angeles
District: La Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: P. W. Gillibrand Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1987

Production

Year: 1989
Description: Sand And Gravel Production 865650 Est. Mt Produced

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Gravity
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Year First Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1968
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: Apatite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1=SAND AND GRAVEL ONLY. M2=ILMENITE RESERVES ONLY. M3=MAGNETITE RESERVES ONLY. M4=APATITE RESERVES ONLY.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE PRESENT OPERATIONAL PLANT RECOVERS 85 PERCENT OF THE HEAVY MINERALS CONTAINED IN THE FEED. TESTS INDICATE THAT THE CONCENTRATES CONTAIN 33% ILMENITE WITH 50% TIO2 CONTENT 20% MAGNETITE, 27% APATITE AND 4.5% ZIRCON. THERE ARE 484 MINING CLAIMS ON WHICH GILLIBRAND ESTIMATES CONTAIN PROVEN RESERVES OF ILMENITE IN EXCESS OF 100 MILLION METRIC TONS. RESERVE NUMBERS THEREFORE ARE SHOWN FOR ILMENITE NOT FOR SAND AND GRAVEL. THE PERCENTAGES SHOWN ARE FOR AVERAGE GRADE IN THE SAND AND GRAVEL AND THE COUNTRY ROCK COMPOSED OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ANORTHOSITE. THE READER CAN MAKE HIS/HER OWN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH INDUSTRIAL ROCK IS AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 20 SECTIONS OF LAND WITHIN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Geology): THE SOLEDAD PLANT AND MINE OPERATE UNDER THE OPENSHOP CONCEPT. PEOPLE ARE MOVED FROM ONE SITE TO THE OTHER AS NEEDED.

Comment (Economic Factors): EXPLORATION COSTS ARE ABSORBED IN DAILY PLANT AND MINE OPERATING COSTS, AND ARE THUS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Production): NOTE THAT AS DESCRIBED HERE, RECOVERY OF ILMENITE, MAGNETITE AND APATITE WOULD BE 100%. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THE AUTHOR IS NOT SURE OF THE FINAL TREATMENT/RECOVERY PROCESSES. USERS SHOULD INCREASE THE MINING RATHER BY 20%. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A RECOVERY RATE OF THESE MINERALS OF 80%; THIS WILL ALLOW THE OPERATION TO PRODUCE ITS PRODUCTS AT THE PROPOSED RATE SHOWN HERE.

References

Reference (Deposit): _____. TITANIUM. PREPRINT FROM B675, 1985.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN INSTITUE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERS. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS. 1949, P. 1052.

Reference (Deposit): OAKESHOOT, G. B. TITANIFEROUS IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA, IN PART P, IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. CA

Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINES BULL. 129, APR. 1948, P. 244-266.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN 1986.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS, JAN. 15, 1987, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. FOREST SERVICE. GILLIBRAND SOLEDAD CANYON MINING

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS - ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA - FINAL

Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. SEPT. 1991, SEVERAL

Reference (Deposit): SECTIONS, WITH APPENDICES.

Reference (Deposit): AMER. INST. OF MINING, METAL., AND PETROL. ENG. INDUSTRIAL

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS AND ROCKS. 1949, P. 1052.

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, J.R. AGGREGATES IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. CA DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. REP. 139, 1979,

Reference (Deposit): 96 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OAKESHOTT, G.B. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN FERNAN-

Reference (Deposit): DO QUADRANGLE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA. CA DIV. OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 172, 1958, 147 PP.

Reference (Deposit): P.W. GILLIBRAND CO. HEAVY MEDIA ROOFING PRODUCTS. TECH.

Reference (Deposit): DAT BULL. NO. 1, 1986.

Reference (Deposit): _____. MINERALS NOW AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA. PUBLIC LETTER

Reference (Deposit): MAR. 5, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): TITANIUM CONSULTANTS INC. (CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION). EVAL-

Reference (Deposit): UATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, P.W. GILLIBRAND CO., SAN

Reference (Deposit): GABRIEL MOUNTAIN CLAIMS. PREPARED FOR: P.W. GILLIBRAND

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY, JULY 26, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): _____. (CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION). GEOLOGY AND INFERRED

Reference (Deposit): TITANIUM RESOURCES, IRONBLOSSOM CLAIM AREA, SAN GABRIEL

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. PREPARED FOR: P.W. GILLIBRAND CO.,

Reference (Deposit): NOV. 22, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, B.W. UNNAMED ARTICLE. CA STATE MINING JOUR. V.

Reference (Deposit): 23, 1927, P. 298.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES. SAND AND GRAVEL. PREPRINT B675, 1985.

Reference (Deposit): CUMMINGS, D., AND R.D. REGAN. AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): SAN GABRIEL ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. GSA BULL., V.87, P. 675-680, MAY,1976

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF NAT. RESOURCES. GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. BULL. 170, 1954, CH. 7, PP. 71-75.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF CONSERVATION. SPECIAL REPORT 143,

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL LAND CLASSIFICATION OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES

Reference (Deposit): AREA. PART 5, 1984, PP. 10-11.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. CALIFORNIA ILMENITE, 2/87, NO. 233,

Reference (Deposit): P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES. MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA IN 1986, ANNUAL-PRELIMINARY, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): (UNDATED).

Reference (Deposit): _____. PLAN OF OPERATIONS, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF

Reference (Deposit): SOLEDAD CANYON PROJECT, ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, CA.,

Reference (Deposit): AUG. 1, 1989.

Reference (Deposit): _____. UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL, SOLEDAD CANYON DEMONSTRATION

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT, A NEW DOMESTIC SOURCE OF TITANIUM FEEDSTOCK.

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