Wide Awake

The Wide Awake is a mercury mine located in Colusa county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Wide Awake
Secondary: Buckeye

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Colusa
District: Wilbur Springs

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. A. A. Gibson

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POCKETS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Serpentine - Shale Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalized Serpentine

Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT CAVED AND FLOODED

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295-299

Reference (Deposit): 5) RANSOME, A.L., AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558

Reference (Production): USBM DATA

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL 78, 389 P.

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