Butte Mine

Producer in San Benito county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Strontium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077210
MRDS ID W024680
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Mine
Related records 10261863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.11017, 36.56383 (WGS84)
Elevation 594

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Benito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 008E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Strontium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.11017, 36.56383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 39, NO. 2, APRIL 1943, P. 264, PL. 3;

  • Deposit

    22ND REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST P. 241, 247; CJM&G V. 35, NO. 4, P. 418

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.