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Calico-Odessa

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034024
MRDS ID M020701
Record type Site
Current site name Calico-Odessa
Alternate or previous names Baltic, Bismark, Garfield, Odessa, Thunderer.
Related records 10165020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.85531, 34.95223 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF YERMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010N 001E 10,11,14,15,23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Embolite Ore
Barite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.85531, 34.95223
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults; Bismark Fault Strikes Northward, Dips 30 W. Occidental Fault Strikes N 15 E, Dips 35 W. Garfield Fault Strikes Nw, Dips 75 Sw. Odessa Fault Strikes N 40 W, Dips 70 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN PRODUCTION FROM OXIDIZED ORE WHICH WAS CYANIDED FOR ITS SILVER CONTENT. BASE METALS RECOVERED FROM OLD TAILINGS, ABOUT 49,000 LBS. PB WAS RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15240M

Comments on the workings information

  • GARFIELD-THUNDERER; TWO TUNNELS, LOWER ONE ALONG GARFIELD FAULT FOR DISTANCE OF 4000 FT. UPPER TUNNEL IS 2500 FT. LONG ALSO DRIVEN ALONG FAULT, DIFFERENT STOPES SHOW LENGTHS OF 300 FT. WIDTHS OF 40 FT. ODESSA; TUNNEL DRIVEN 600 FT. ALONG FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 620

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 477 - 478

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 130 - 131 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 620 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR POCKETS IN FRACTURES AND JOINT PLANES IN A MINERALIZED ZONE ALONG FAULT ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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