Seal Beach, Orange County, California, United States

Alternative Names:	Bay City, Seal Beach, Sijl Bijch, Sil Bich, hai bao tan, sila bica, silbichi, syl bych, syl bytsh, syl byz, Сийл Бийч, Сил Бич, סיל ביץ, سيل بيتش, سیل بیچ, सील बीच, 海豹滩, 실비치
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Orange County, California, USA
Region:	Orange County, California, United States
Latitude:	33° 44' 29" N
Longitude:	118° 6' 17" W
Lat/Long (dec):	33.74141,-118.10479
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:	4m
Population:	24,619 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	5394086
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5394086:5
GUID:	5d9453c0-6c14-4f71-88b6-7f0fa5a7140d

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
San Gabriel River, Big Pines, Mount Baldy District, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 44' 32" N	118° 6' 56" W	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Naples, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 45' 15" N	118° 7' 24" W	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Long Beach Brick Company Mine (Lynn Brick Company), Naples, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 45' 16" N	118° 7' 50" W	2.8km (1.8 miles)
R. Loynes Mine, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 54" N	118° 7' 23" W	4.8km (3.0 miles)
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 0" N	118° 11' 21" W	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Torrance Brick Company - Torr Plant No. 1 Mine, Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 49' 32" N	118° 6' 15" W	9.4km (5.8 miles)
Empire Quarry, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 32" N	118° 12' 6" W	9.7km (6.1 miles)
Signal Hill Oil field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 48' 33" N	118° 10' 31" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Huntington Beach Oil Field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 40' 32" N	118° 1' 2" W	10.9km (6.8 miles)
La Bolsa Tile Company Mine, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA	33° 41' 36" N	117° 59' 48" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Wilmington Oil Field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 25" N	118° 13' 14" W	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 51' 12" N	118° 8' 2" W	12.8km (7.9 miles)
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA	33° 39' 37" N	117° 59' 57" W	13.3km (8.3 miles)
Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, USA	33° 42' 33" N	117° 57' 12" W	14.4km (9.0 miles)
San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 44' 8" N	118° 17' 29" W	17.3km (10.7 miles)
Point Fermin, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 42' 29" N	118° 17' 40" W	17.9km (11.2 miles)
Hilltop Quarry, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 45' 0" N	118° 17' 59" W	18.1km (11.2 miles)
Linderman and Decker Company Mine, Lomita, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 47' 30" N	118° 17' 30" W	18.2km (11.3 miles)
White Point, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 42' 51" N	118° 19' 0" W	19.9km (12.3 miles)
Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company Mine, Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, USA	33° 41' 54" N	117° 53' 34" W	20.2km (12.5 miles)
Lomita, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 47' 31" N	118° 18' 53" W	20.2km (12.6 miles)
Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA	33° 50' 7" N	117° 54' 51" W	20.5km (12.7 miles)
George Canyon (George F. Canyon), Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 18" N	118° 19' 33" W	20.7km (12.9 miles)
Unspecified Mn occurrence, George Canyon (George F. Canyon), Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 46' 11" N	118° 19' 46" W	21.0km (13.1 miles)
Miller Brothers Truck Company - Vollmer pit, Gardena, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 51' 55" N	118° 17' 20" W	21.9km (13.6 miles)
Palos Verdes beach cliffs, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 43' 31" N	118° 20' 35" W	22.1km (13.7 miles)
Livingston Quarry (Livingston Rock and Gravel Co. Quarry), Portuguese Bend area, Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 44' 24" N	118° 20' 47" W	22.4km (13.9 miles)
Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 56' 49" N	118° 5' 7" W	23.0km (14.3 miles)
Rolling Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 45' 24" N	118° 21' 14" W	23.1km (14.4 miles)
Atkinson pit (Compton plant), Willowbrook, Los Angeles County, California, USA	33° 54' 28" N	118° 15' 28" W	23.3km (14.5 miles)

Signal Hill Oil District, Long Beach, California

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

View of the Huntinton Beach Oil Field, in 1965.

Huntington Beach Oil Field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Aerial view of the Signal Hill oil derricks, ca. 1930.

Signal Hill Oil field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Signal Hill Oil District, Long Beach, California

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

View of the Huntinton Beach Oil Field, in 1965.

Huntington Beach Oil Field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Aerial view of the Signal Hill oil derricks, ca. 1930.

Signal Hill Oil field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Signal Hill Oil District, Long Beach, California

Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

View of the Huntinton Beach Oil Field, in 1965.

Huntington Beach Oil Field, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

ⓘ Piemontite

ⓘ Stilpnomelane

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Franciscan Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Los Angeles basin, North America Plate	Basin
Southern California Borderland Basins, North America Plate	Basin
Pacific Plate	Tectonic Plate
USA	Country
California, USA	State
Orange County, California, USA	County

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