Mine detail: Wide Awake

Previously called 'Buckeye'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.02905, -122.42857

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Orebody form: POCKETS
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1874 - 1877, 1932, 1936 - 1937, 1942 - 1943

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Serpentine - Shale Contact
Alteration processes:Opalized Serpentine

References

MRDSM055635
DEP10040766
Reference{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.