Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes; Cactus; Cactus Queen Mine; Cactus Mine; Shumake Deposit; Shumake Mine), Middle Buttes, Kern Co., California, USA
REF:Deposit:: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT
Deposit:: #1, 1962, PP. 103-104.
Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-
Deposit:: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964, PP. 42, 53.
Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D. N. JR., COCA OPENS SHUMAKE MINE AND PLANT
Deposit:: FOR PRODUCTION AT CACTUS GOLD MINES, SKILLING MINING
Deposit:: REVIEW, VOL., 78, #4, 1989, PP. 4-8.
Deposit:: CALIFORNAI DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUB.
Deposit:: #103, 1990.
Deposit:: BLM CLAIM LOCATION REGISTER
Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.
Deposit:: HECLA MINING COMPANY, 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P20.
Deposit:: HECLO MINING COMPANY, 1994, 10-K REPORT, P19.
Deposit:: RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Deposit:: COMPANIES, P223.
Deposit:: HECLA MINING COMPANY, 1995 10-K REPORT, P26.
Deposit:: RANDOL MINING COMPANY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Deposit:: COMPANIES, P151.
Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #4, JAN 22, 1997, P3.
Deposit:: BLAKE, A.R. AND OTHERS, 1991, THE SHUMAKE VOLCANIC DOME
Deposit:: HOSTED EPITHERMAL, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSIT, WESTERN MOJAVE
Deposit:: DESERT, CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 86, #8, PP. 1646
Deposit:: TO 1656.
Deposit:: SUMMO MINERALS-CACTUS GOLD MINES CONTINUED DRILLING EXTENDS
Deposit:: SHUMAKE OREBODY. FOUND ON POINT CAST BUSINESS WIRE,
Deposit:: 7-29-97.
Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, V108 #32, P.1, 8-6-97.
Reserve-Resource:: HECLA MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, P27.
Commodities (Major) - Gold; (Minor) - Silver; (Trace) - Copper, Lead
Development Status: Plant
References:
Blaske, A. R., Bornhorst, T. J., Brady, J. M., Marsh, T. M., McKitrick, S. A., The Shumake Volcanic Dome-Hosted Epithermal Precious Metal Deposit, Western Mojave Desert, California, Economic Geology, V. 86, No. 8, December 1991
Blaske, A. R., 1990, Alteration, Mineralization, and Geochemistry of the Shumake Deposit: A Volcanic Come-Hosted Epithermal Precious Metal Deposit, Kern County, California, Unpublished M. S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University
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