The Butts is a mercury mine located in San Benito county, California.
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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
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Butts MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butts
Secondary: Ixl
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Benito
District: Central San Benito
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Butts, William
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Breccia Zone In Sandstone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED TO CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Workings): IDLE SINCE 1919, WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
Reference (Deposit): 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.
Reference (Production): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965
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