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Proustite 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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Proustite
Formula:Ag3AsS3
Comments:Principal ore mineral.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Proustite 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
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:559502
Long-form Identifier:1:3:559502:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Proustite
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘMiddle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘExcelsior Mine (Elephant Mine; Elephant Eagle Mine; Elephant Eagle group; Lodestar group; Elephant group), Soledad Mountain project (Victory), Soledad Mountain deposit, Soledad Mountain (Butte Mountain), Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA
39.7km (24.6 miles) ⓘCowboy Mine (Old Cowboy Mine; Gold Peak Mine; Gold Peak and Cowboy Mines; Zada Mine), Loraine, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘAmalie-Agua Caliente Mine (Amelia; Amelia Mine and mill; Amalia), Loraine, Loraine Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘCalifornia Rand No. 2 Mine (California Rand Silver Mine; California Rand Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelly Rand Mine), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA
74.6km (46.4 miles) ⓘCoyote Mine, Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino County, California, USA
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘSanta Fe Mine (Santa Fe prospect; Wortley Consolidated Mines Company), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), San Bernardino 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Geochemistry of the Shumake Deposit: a Volcanic Dome-Hosted Epithermal Precious Metal Deposit, Kern County, California, Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University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
Tucker, W. Burling, Reid J. Sampson, & Gordon Blaisdell Oakeshott (1949), Mineral resources of Kern County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45: 216
Troxel, Bennie W., Morton, Paul K. (1962) Mines and Mineral Resources of Kern County California. County Report 1. California Division of Mines and Geologyp.44
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 296
 
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