USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Los Angeles County
Fiber Queen
Unconfirmed Asbestos Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Los Angeles
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Asbestos
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
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, met…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Aragonite
- Chrysotile
- Serpentine Subgroup
- Tremolite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 81234
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.