A borax mine located in Tick Canyon, off Mint Canyon, about 12 miles North of Saugus.
Production:: GAYE NAD HOFFMAN, 1954
Commodities (Major) - Boron-Borates
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Undiff
Structure: Ne Trending Folds Modified By Cross Faults And Longitudinal Faults: Interbedded Nature Of Volcanics And Sediments (Competent & Incompetent) Contribute To Structural Complexity In The Area
Host Rock: Limestone, Shale
Tectonic Structure: Basin And Range
References:
Rocks & Minerals: 11: 156.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 349.
Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 64.
REF:Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING. IN BARKER, J.M. & LEFOND, S.J. (EDS) BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC. NEW YORK, P. 37-51.
Deposit:: GAYE, T.E. AND HOFFMAN, S.R., 1954, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 50 (3-4), 467-710., O00027
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Map Reference: 34°26'0"N , 118°23'30"W
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- Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine)
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