The Botts is a mercury mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.8525, -121.13806
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Botts MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Botts
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Monterey
District: Bryson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Victor Botts
Years: 1941 -
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne - Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): 8 - PIPE RETORT (1941)
Comment (Deposit): WITHIN HUNTER - LIGGETT MILITARY RESERVATION
Comment (Location): SE/4 SEC. 7, S. SIDE OF SYCAMORE CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): HART, E. W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 6
Reference (Production): HART
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