Latitude: 34°20'32"N
Longitude: 118°27'28"W
A former asbestos mine located in the center S½ sec. 16, T3N, R15W, SBM, N of the Sylmar neighborhood of the San Fernando region of the city of Los Angeles.
Mineralization is a metamorphic deposit hosted in rocks of the Pucara Formation (schist, metasedimentary rock).
Production data are found in: Oakeshott (1958).
References
Gay, T.E. and Hoffman, S.R. (1954) Mines and mineral deposits of Los Angeles County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology: 50: No. 104, p. 650.
Oakeshott, Gordon Blaisdell (1958) Geology and mineral deposits of San Fernando quadrangle, Los Angeles County, California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 172, 147 pp.
Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 26.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 215, 422.
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