Club	Location	Distance
Delvers Gem & Mineral Society	Bellflower, California	11km
Faceters Guild of Southern California	Buena Park, California	15km
West Coast Prospectors & Treasure Hunters Association	Garden Grove, California	17km
American Opal Society	Anaheim, California	20km
Searchers Gem and Mineral Society	Anaheim, California	20km

Mindat Locality ID:

81409

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:81409:9

GUID (UUID V4):

A former clay pit operation located 6.3 km (3.9 miles) ENE of Long Beach center, E of Anaheim Road.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

References:

Gay, T.E. and Hoffman, S.R. (1954) Mines and mineral deposits of Los Angeles County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 50): 50(3&4): 657

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Unclassified
ⓘ	'Clay minerals'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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North America Plate

California BorderlandAccretionary Complex
Franciscan DomainDomain
Los Angeles basinBasin
Southern California Borderland BasinsBasin

Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Gay, T.E. and Hoffman, S.R. (1954) Mines and mineral deposits of Los Angeles County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 50): 50(3&4): 657

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