Mine detail: Butts

Previously called 'Ixl'

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Location: San Benito County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.56994, -121.10822
dep_id: 10040926
mrds_id: M055817
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
Structure: Breccia Zone In Sandstone
Year first produced: 1915
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
prod_yrs: 1915 - 1919
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
  • Deposit:: 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.
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