The Geology of Calico Ghost Town / The Calico Fault Zone , Volcanoes, Mining and Ancient Lakes

[@searchingforhistory]

Great geology lesson. Love it when I watch your videos and take a way a bit of knowledge! Keep up the good work!

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you. Glad you learned something new. And thanks for the support. I really enjoyed making this one.

[@bluwtrgypsy]

Very interesting, and so unusual, thank you.

[@earthandtime5817]

You are welcome and so happy that you enjoyed it.

[@johnbaenen5386]

Great way to start my day. Thank you.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thanks so much. Hope you are warming up in the north! Great to hear from you as always!

[@danshine9823]

Thanks for the post. Loves I was trying to say when interrupted by a commercial, I love the Earth Time logo. That would make a cool tattoo.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you. A good friend of mine designed it. Maybe I will get it for a tattoo once I hit a major milestone. Thanks for the kind words and the comment. Glad you enjoyed the episode.

[@cocacolafiesta]

74 yr old great grandma and you had me captivated with your explanation of the Calico geological information. We live in Vegas and drive by there on our way to California for over 12 years and never once have stopped there! That will definitely be changing, lol! 😊

[@earthandtime5817]

Glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite places! I have a lot of family in the Vegas area. Thank you for the comment and please let me know ow what you think about Calico when you go!

[@cocacolafiesta]

@@earthandtime5817 I am recovering from a torn meniscus tear on my knee and may not be able to walk normally again without surgery but just to be able to go see the chevron formation will be enough for me. You definitely did it justice in explaining the process!

[@williamlloyd3769]

Calico is worth a visit if transiting freeway between Barstow and Las Vegas, especially if it isn’t a really hot day. Fun and educational for family.

[@earthandtime5817]

It is such a great place! Thanks for the comment and for the suggestion to the viewers!

[@albertmorrissette3640]

great information, I 4x4 that region often and you explain clearly, thank you.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it and learned something. And thanks for the kind words. I love that area and spent a number of nights camping in the region.

[@edwardhanson3664]

Put a windscreen on your mike. The wind noise mutes your voice.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you. I will work on that.

[@davec9244]

A car wreck, in this case the car ran into a Volcano, crumpled the fender. Thank you, good job, stay safe ALL

[@earthandtime5817]

Thanks. I like the car wreck analogy. Glad you enjoyed the episode.

[@barbaraarsenault1192]

Great teaching. Excellent presentation. Thank you for making this video. Learned a lot.

[@earthandtime5817]

Wow. Thank you so much. I am glad you enjoyed it and that you learned a lot. Appreciate the comment and kind words.

[@billterrell1407]

If you are ever up that way again, take a side trip up Mule Canyon. it's a dirt road that will take up and around to the backside of Calico, great mines, and amazing geology to look at!

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you so much for the suggestion. I will definitely look into that for my next trip there!

[@d2sfavs]

a most excellent video i remember using borax to remove grease from my hands and my sister remembers using it in the laundry.thanks for sharing

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you for the kind words and for sharing your story. I would love to find an old borax box and display it.

[@d2sfavs]

@@earthandtime5817 i will keep a lookout

[@inyobill]

01:00: I've been impressed with that cross-section every time I visited.

[@earthandtime5817]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXbbfqGDprOUeLcsi=og1mYn-JehGgKwLV

[@earthandtime5817]

Here is my episode on the town.

[@janblake9468]

In the 1960's, I was a geology student (San Diego State). We spent a lot of time in the Calico Hills including for plane table mapping. We camped inside the mine adits in Odessa Canyon.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you for sharing your story. So cool you camped in the adits. Glad you enjoyed the episode.

[@riverraisin1]

$65,000 in 1896 is worth $2.4 million today. Thanks for giving a geology lesson us lay people can understand.

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you for the additional info. I appreciate the conversion. I am so glad you enjoyed the video and learned about the geology at Calico.

[@th232r6]

Grew up in Orange County, remember visiting there with family as a kid.

[@earthandtime5817]

It is such a fascinating place. Thanks for sharing.

[@ronaldwilton7150]

Can you confirm for me when that ancient lakebed would have been (years?). My favorite place! Used to be a gunfighter there for the bus tours. The geology blows my mind! Great video! Glad I stumbled upon it.

[@earthandtime5817]

The Calico Member of the Barstow Formation is between 17-19 million years old. Here is the link to a paper about it. watermark.silverchair.com/i1553-040X-4-3-459.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAykwggMlBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMWMIIDEgIBADCCAwsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMXC_flDp46S7Y36JvAgEQgIIC3MgdFEE8TY3trCmVDcnpnYkFzLud00H7oOBZ96lQI17a9tzX7-WaBvhiFZneDptZRT63j8SdnIP7ygmyX4WX4DUU8T5jfaLzE2_nw5qL4hHPKq_uX6ObWZttMmfE0khQMEzmymgpBN0QY05iQFAnPLQMdpkjh7j5l3C5jdalhept8Dn8srI9nDRIp5w_xHjVW1jgsxIGXSQK4Wm8Htq6hZJaEJLZVQnTjOEOldmCZtx6Q7nbS7TuUOcZj6fBHa1oUYj8IKZH2Zc2er81oE-m8qjUvu-EiZ3nycBRMnGKbAaHz662Rhv4DwDxM9aIznos40PM96mW2SHi3c1CgVy2gM3HcAsvghW36cUI1I8TL__o7fSxpDL1olwN0pvQ-R0p_3cjG3Tym6skgvpVcMDyAHWGwIWPoFQ8DCHjCR_O_4fH_CkqIj65xaTULvzAwVYr2BZFoapfAjhLMf5nXw5y1L-ASz6UBpMa7mvrYGBYGafTviuTd34AHys2Mdojt0RLFbxh4sS0Nkm6LnxVldTfo6sd63zJdhH3D2_sWjOk4UpXzYxaHVZCAxJ5wLgNNnWYq6-nS_HCE6SB7PV1nIqZ_db4XdRFk27ZdXD2zOylEro6eg64hW-Hnybfnonwn-hfEf3Gcnif1HfYvLk8Q95-OoK4sknn-zO4ht09ng0IVkYHtg6sfD2d0N3N3RpjimfFr7mUv8hDqtaPEbeCPI3qsSNsbfwSfoqc-RcHnB5Oz-cm92MEDgpZd4rRt7IjM92w1uwPBn7d8Zf_Hfu73G-0NmEqzQr3fEAcAK4NIZ_gAHfRdcZaU89Pgg7pp7MYgxsDsPPT0fQuNprahM_NXXQwyhDfhdYU4_rA6SshpaiCaBlBlrjSsMyj51VkNoYzBReo5G2cuA-Al63t3kThzu8FV_7JJ7O5jutsrIX4K6aXyjfmg3sxz4n_e-pp_Z8hojGZNgTy75YrWb2G0f-wQg

[@earthandtime5817]

I worked there also. I gave gold panning lessons. In case you did t see my video about the town. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXbbfqGDprOUeLcsi=og1mYn-JehGgKwLV

[@larryblanks6765]

I've been to Calico before, amazing place.

[@earthandtime5817]

I really love it there. Thanks for the comment.

[@inyobill]

Was that ridgeside cut when Knotts put the parking lot and access road in?

[@earthandtime5817]

I remember seeing the outcrop in some old photos and they is a canyon through that area. So I think it was pre - Knotts. Thanks for the question and glad you enjoyed.

[@ellenbryn]

thank you for the detail - there are nerds out here who did not go to college for geology, but have gotten interested in it, and really do want to know the details of the geological history in places that they visit. There's supposed to be an area a few miles away where fossil insects have been crystallized in the lake deposits. probably looking something like "lacustrine fossil spiders"" calico Ghost Town" will turn up webpages and photos. I haven't gone fossil hunting as it's off-road vehicles only and I'm still looking to trade in a Prius for a RAV4. I started camping here in 2021 whenever I went to visit my parents on the other side of the desert; self isolation for sure! But I picked this campground specifically because of that amazing geological feature; I wanted to see it for myself

[@earthandtime5817]

Thank you so much for sharing. I will look up the insect site. I grew up camping at Calico and it is still one of my favorite places! Keep exploring the world of geology! It is an exciting one. Also any geology subject you would want to learn more about?

[@clydebennish2106]

What is the difference between a Strike-slip fault and a transform fault?

[@earthandtime5817]

They are the same kind of fault movement. The transform fault is a strike slip that connects two other types of faults, like thrust faults or a feature like a spreading center (examples like in the Atlantic Ocean and the mid oceanic ridge). Thanks for the question.

[@edwardhanson3664]

The tailings piles still contain a lot of recoverable silver.

[@earthandtime5817]

I wondered how much would be left in the tailings. I imagine it is an arduous process to get the rest out though and expensive. Appreciate you sharing.

[@virgo714]

Not to mention, many schools camp by Rainbow Basin to practice their field techniques or field camp.

[@earthandtime5817]

I ran into a group there before and they let me tag along. It was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@virgo714]

@@earthandtime5817 Thank you for uploading the video.

[@agateidest]

I lived down on the other side of the dry lakes for several years. I experienced an earthquake there and it felt like a rolling earthquake or as if there was a carpet under the house and someone popped one end of it and created a wave.

[@earthandtime5817]

Wow. Thanks for sharing your story. What an experience! There are so many active faults in the area! Are you still on the Mojave? I lived there off and on. Also an experience!

[@agateidest]

@earthandtime5817 Thank you, I live in Los Angeles area now, but try to get out to the Mojave as much as I can to metal detect and rockhound.

[@earthandtime5817]

Those were some of my favorite things to do with my dad in that area!

[@scottprather5645]

Sound goes in and out when you're in the field you need better soon control

[@earthandtime5817]

It is hard when it is windy. I appreciate the advice. Working in a solution!

[@scottprather5645]

​​@@earthandtime5817 You can get a windfilter for your mic also have a lapel mic where it doesn't go in and out from the distance to the microphone just got to invest in some decent sound equipment and don't buy a cheap microphone!! Lot of people make that mistake .

[@Oldguy-k3t]

There is supposed to be some gold coins buried in wall street wash. They will not let you use metal detector or even look for treasure.

[@earthandtime5817]

I remember hearing about gold being buried in Calico when I worked there. Always a wondered if it was an urban legend. Thanks for sharing.

[@clydebennish2106]

I had to look up LACUSTRIAN... Please dont make me work that hard... and i dont see Barstow-ian listed in my geologic time list.

[@earthandtime5817]

Ah. It is lacustrine, which is another way to say lake deposit. And it is the Barstovian (about 16-12.5 million years ago). I will work on explaining the terms and spelling them out for the audience. Thank you so much for the info. I hope you did learn something new!

[@nlormanstuckman7408]

That was caused by Noas flood

[@earthandtime5817]

Can’t tell if you are joking or not. The faults in this area are well documented and we understand the mechanism that caused the folds. Now the Barstow Formation is composed of a series of lake deposits and were deposited by water about 17-19 million years ago. Thank you for leaving a comment.

[@nlormanstuckman7408]

@@earthandtime5817 millions of years rock breaks when folded fold well when soft & pliable

[@earthandtime5817]

@@nlormanstuckman7408 it depends on the rock types. These are alternating sandstone and mudstone layers. The mudstone allows for the buckling. This has been well studied and modeled. It is quite fascinating actually. Check out some of the papers on it. Thanks again for the comment.