Mint Canyon Formation

Mint Canyon Formation Stratigraphic range: Miocene
Type	Geologic formation
Overlies	Tick Canyon Formation
Location
Region	Sierra Pelona Mountains Los Angeles County, California
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Mint Canyon

The Mint Canyon Formation is a Miocene geologic formation in the Sierra Pelona Mountains of Los Angeles County, southern California.

Mint Canyon is a fluvial landform in the Sierra Pelona range. It consists of terrestrial deposits from streams and lakes consisting mostly of sandstone and conglomerate with some claystone.

The formation preserves vertebrate fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene subperiod of the Neogene period.

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