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Quartz from
Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA


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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
04616720017272012363280.jpg
Quartz, etc.

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Quartz

Cactus Gold Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenopyrite1
Scorodite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:559490
Long-form Identifier:1:3:559490:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘGem Hill, Rosamond Hills, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘSoledad Mountain (Butte Mountain), Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘMilwaukee prospect, Willow Springs Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘWhitmore Mine (Antique claim; Antique Extension claim; Whitmore Nos. 2 through 7 claims; Whitmore Extension claim; Valley claim), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘVictory Mine (Yellow Dog Extension Mine; Victory claim; Russian Boy vein; Liberty claim; Bull Moose claim; Bull Moose Fraction claim; Bull Moose Nos. 1 & 2 claims), Standard group, Standard Hill, Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘLadd Mine, Sanborn, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘSummit Lime Company Mine (Summit Lime Quarry; Summit Lime Co. property; Pine Tree; Wild Cat; B C Mines; BCM Mines; Baltic; Nixon), Tehachapi, Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘHorse Canyon Agate Beds (Cache Creek), Sugarloaf Mountain, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘSky Line Mine, Cross Mountain, Kern County, California, USA
References
Blaske, A. R., 1990, Alteration, Mineralization, and Geochemistry of the Shumake Deposit: a Volcanic Dome-Hosted Epithermal Precious Metal Deposit, Kern County, California, Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1034
 
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