| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Alunite |
| Formula: | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Alunite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 968661 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:968661:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b97f723f-5f59-4462-bbe9-e819464d3911 |
| Localities for Alunite in this Region |
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| Burton-Brite-Blank Mine (Brite Mine; Burton Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| 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 |
| Middle Butte Mine (Rosamond Clay; Trent), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
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| 0.2km (0.2 miles) | ⓘ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 |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘMiddle Butte Mine (Rosamond Clay; Trent), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘBurton-Brite-Blank Mine (Brite Mine; Burton Mine), Middle Buttes deposit (Cactus deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District (Mojave Mining District), Kern County, California, USA |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Forms of Alunite From the Cactus Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex Kern County, California Allan...Allan R. Blaske allan.blaske@gmail.com The Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex is a topographic high consisting...located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of Mojave, and approximately...approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles, California. The complex was host to six epithermal, bulk-mineable precious-metal...(gold and silver) deposits, which were mined by Cactus Gold Mines/Coca Mines in the late 1980s and early |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scorodite from the Cactus Gold Mines Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex, Kern County, California Allan R. Blaske...Blaske allan.blaske@gmail.com The Middle Buttes Volcanic Complex is a topographic high consisting ofMiocene...located in southeastern Kern County, approximately 9 miles southwest of the town of Mojave, and approximately...approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles, California. The complex was host to six epithermal, bulk-mineable precious-metal...(gold and silver) deposits, which were mined by Cactus Gold Mines/CoCa Mines in the late I 980s and early |
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Middle Butte Mine, Middle Buttes deposit, Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond Mining District, Kern County, California, USA