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Cinnabar from
Botts Mine (Botts deposit; Bryson Mine), Fort Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Botts Mine (Botts deposit; Bryson Mine), Fort Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329704:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘNorth Star and Sunset View Mine (Santa Maria Mine), San Carpoforo, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘOld Murry Mine (Murray Mine; Old Murray No. 1 Mine; Dutro Mine; Dutra Mine), Burro Mountain, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘPolar Star Mine (Santa Clara Mine; Black Hawk Mine; Polar Star No. 1 claim; Polar Star No. 2 claim), San Carpoforo, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
17.6km (11.0 miles) ⓘOcean View Mine (Mount Bishop), Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘPine Mountain Mine (Ricioli prospect), Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘBuckeye Mine, Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘLittle Almaden Mine, Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
21.2km (13.1 miles) ⓘDoty Mine, Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine, Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘWilliams prospect, Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
References
Holmes, G.H. (1965) Mercury in California. US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252: 155
Hart, E.W. (1966) Mines and mineral resources of Monterey County, California. California Division Mines and Geology County Report 5, 142 pp.: 72-73
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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