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San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

Latitude: 34°9'46"N
Longitude: 117°40'53"W
An E-W trending mountain range. The highest elevation, Mount San Antonio at 10,064 ft., rises towards the eastern extremity of the range which extends from the Cajon Pass on the east, to the Santa Monica and Santa Susanna ranges on the west, bound on the north by the Antelope Valley and the Mojave Desert and to the south by the community of Los Angeles (USGS GNIS database).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

'Apatite'
Aragonite
Azurite
Baryte
Beryl
'Biotite'
Bornite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinozoisite
'Columbite'
Copper
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cuprite
Dolomite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite

Epidote
Erythrite
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
Graphite
Grossular
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Lazurite
'Limonite'
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Diatomite

Orthoclase
'Perthite'
Pharmacolite
'Phengite
var: Mariposite'

Phlogopite
Piemontite
Powellite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
'Silica'
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Titanite
'Wad
var: Cobaltian Wad'

Zircon


91 entries listed. 62 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines Staff (1967) Potential sources of aluminum. Report of Investigation 8335, 148 pp.: 40.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 361.

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