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Regional Report: Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine), Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

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

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  • Analcime - 1
  • Arsenopyrite - 1
  • Bakerite - 1
  • Borax - 1
  • Celestine - 1
  • 'Chabazite' - 1
  • 'Chalcedony' - 1
  • Colemanite - 1
  • 'Heulandite' - 2
  • Howlite - 1
  • 'Mountain Leather' - 1
  • Priceite - 1
  • Probertite - 1
  • Pyrite - 1
  • Quartz - 1
  • Realgar - 1
  • Stibnite - 1
  • Tincalconite - 1
  • Tremolite - 1
  • Ulexite - 1
  • Veatchite - 1
  • Veatchite-A - 1


  • 22 minerals listed.

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    1Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine), Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
    2Lang Mine dump area, Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine), Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

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