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LOCATION

The Humphreys Station area lies in the northwestern

part of Los Angeles County, California, and occupies portions

of the southern part of the Humphreys and the northern part

of the Sylmar quadrangles. It is approximately 25 airline

miles north of Los Angeles and is easily reached by highway

(U.S. Route 6) and by the San Joaquin Valley route of the

Southern Pacific Railway. Los Angeles County Forestry Depart-

ment roads and other side roads render good accessibility.

The mapped area is bounded on the north by the Santa

Clara River, on the south by the Angeles National Forest

boundary and Reynier Canyon, and on the east by Sand Canyon.

No natural boundaries occur on the west side, where the area

extends to a point about one and one-half miles west of

Solamint in the northwest corner and to U.S. Route 6 about

a half mile north of Plaoerita Canyon in the southwest corner.

This boundary was arbitrarily chosen so that the major portion

of the exposed Mint Canyon sediments in the immediate vicinity

could be included in the mapped area.

The towns of Newhall and Saugus lie a few miles to

west. Humphreys, a small station on the Southern Pacific

Railway, is in the northeastern part of the mapped area.