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Serrabottini Mining Shafts

Serrabottini Mining Shafts

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Serrabottini Mining Shafts

Name: Serrabottini Mining Shafts
Rating: 2

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Location: Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Picci's Whoops Trail – Serrabottini Trail loop from Monacelle

37.6km

04:01

1,000m

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2. Prison Break Trail – Lake dell'Accesa loop from Massa Marittima

39.7km

03:43

780m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Canyon Trail Entrance – Showtime Trail loop from Massa Marittima

34.9km

03:13

790m

780m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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Stenio Melani

May 13, 2025

The Serrabottini hill, located about 4 km south of Massa Marittima, represents one of the best preserved archaeological mining areas given the presence of numerous extraction wells and vast portions of land covered by landfill material, presumably attributable to the medieval era.
The work carried out in the area was mainly focused on the treatment of mixed sulphides and aimed, from ancient times until the 19th century, at the prevalent production of copper.
The main mixed sulphide mineralizations are set along the Serrabottini fault. These veins have an average strength of around 5 meters and a total extension of about 1,000 meters. The main mineralizations present blende, galena and chalcopyrite in carbonate and quartz gangue.

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Stenio Melani

May 13, 2025

The area is characterized by the alternation of two main types of vegetation: wooded areas with thick undergrowth and tall trees, typical of the Mediterranean hinterland (holm oaks, oaks), and vast expanses covered with coarse material, of variable color, predominantly reddish, practically devoid of vegetation.
The investigation areas are, overall, easily accessible.
It is not always easy to identify the locations of the mining shafts, which are divided between those made safe and those identified (and registered), but without the safety structure; needless to say, those not yet identified are certainly still high in number. While those made safe are easily visible due to the covering structure that characterizes them, only a careful examination of the morphology of the terrain can the latter be located, which appear as depressions in the ground, covered by leaves.

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Dona&Leo

May 15, 2025

Beautiful trails between Lake Accesa and Massa Marittima, pure fun.

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Elevation 380 m

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Monday 19 January

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25 %

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Serrabottini Mining Shafts

1. Picci's Whoops Trail – Serrabottini Trail loop from Monacelle

2. Prison Break Trail – Lake dell'Accesa loop from Massa Marittima

3. Canyon Trail Entrance – Showtime Trail loop from Massa Marittima

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