The Calico-Odessa is a silver and lead mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.95222, -116.85444
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Calico-Odessa MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calico-Odessa
Secondary: Baltic
Secondary: Bismark
Secondary: Garfield
Secondary: Odessa
Secondary: Thunderer.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
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.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Embolite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Production): 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
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR POCKETS IN FRACTURES AND JOINT PLANES IN A MINERALIZED ZONE ALONG FAULT ZONES.
References
Reference (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
Reference (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
Reference (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 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 620 (SEE REF.)
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