The O and B is a mine located in Santa Barbara county, California at an elevation of 2,940 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,940 Feet (896 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.7022, -119.97750
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O and B MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O and B
Secondary: O'Donnell and Burns Mining Co.
Secondary: Bacon Mine
Secondary: O.B.
Secondary: O'Donnell and Byrne Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Santa Barbara
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: O'Donnell And Burns Mining Co-1918-Mineral Rights Only.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Bacon, J. F.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): WELLS STATES THAT 870 LONG TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED D W.W.I, AND IN 1934 SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED. FORTY SHORT TONS WERE D TO PHOENIX DURING 1942. THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS ABOUT 45 PERCENT C. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,W.W. ET AL,1918,CAL.STATEMINING BUR BULL 76,P.179-18
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 179-180.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,
Reference (Deposit): P. 70.
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