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Locality Name:
Middle Buttes Deposit (Cactus Deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 271043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middle Buttes Deposit (Cactus Deposit), Middle Butte, Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Burton-Brite-Blank Mine (Brite Mine; Burton Mine)
Cactus Gold Mine (Blue Eagle Mine; Middle Buttes Mine; Cactus Mine; Cactus Queen Mine; Shumake Deposit; Shumake Mine)
Cactus Mine
Crescent Mine (Middle Butte Mine; Crescent Deposit)
Ella Deposit
Middle Butte Mine (Rosamond Clay; Trent)
Silver Prince Deposit
Trent Deposit
Winkler Mine (Winkler Deposit)

Latitude: 34°57'29"N
Longitude: 118°16'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.958055555556,-118.27555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11598872793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63159886,159887,159891966
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6115988758
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11598879052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11598911272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11598875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115988727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11598871382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11598873531
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2115988716
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11598874165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115988724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5159886,159887,159889,159891,15989430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115988714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611598872228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43159886,159887,1598915591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211598875674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115988717380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61159887477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31159887733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115988739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115988761156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11598871153
Silver  (*)CopperAg11598875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115988721482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1159887332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311598871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311598875317


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