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Wide Awake

Past Producer in Colusa county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040766
MRDS ID M055635
Record type Site
Current site name Wide Awake
Alternate or previous names Buckeye
Related records 10162875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42857, 39.02905 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1 MI SW OF WILBUR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 005W 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalized Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.42857, 39.02905
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Serpentine - Shale Contact

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike NW
    Dip 60 SW
    Width 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Opalized, Brecciated Serpentine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Production years 1874 - 1877, 1932, 1936 - 1937, 1942 - 1943

Mining district

District name Wilbur Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. A. A. Gibson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 143.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT CAVED AND FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL 78, 389 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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