Mine detail: Butts

Previously called 'Ixl'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.56994, -121.10822

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1915 - 1919
First production started: 1915

Geology

Structure:Breccia Zone In Sandstone

References

MRDSM055817
DEP10040926
Reference{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.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.