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Cactus Gold Mine

Plant in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115314
MRDS ID W023857
MAS/MILS ID 0060290144
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Cactus, Shumake Deposit, Cactus Queen Mine, Cactus Mine, Shumake Mine, Blue Eagle Mine, Middle Buttes
Related records 10110711

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.28761, 34.9578 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 013 W 17 C W California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.28761, 34.9578
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1986
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mining district

District name Middle Buttes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summo Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 75
    Home office California
    Year 1997
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dakota Mining Corp.
    Interest 25
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1997
    Last year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cactus Gold Mines Inc. (Owned (85%) By Hecla)
    Home office California
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Compass Mining Inc.
    Interest 25
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Coca Mines Inc.
    Interest 74
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. J. Carey
    Interest 1
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cactus Gold Mines Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • AS OF 1994: HECLA HAD A 64% INTEREST IN CACTUS GOLD MINES CO. CACTUS GOLD MINES CO. IS OWNED BY MIDDLE BUTTES PARTNERS LIMITED (MBPL), & 25% BY COMPASS MINING INC.. MBPL IS A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP IN WHICH THE COMPANY (MBPL) IS THE SOLE GENERAL PARTNER (53%) & A LIMITED PARTNER (11%). AS OF JAN 1997, HECLA AND DAKOTA SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO SELL THEIR INTEREST IN THE MINE TO SUMMO.

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description Heap Leach Gold Production 59493 Ty Oz/Yr
  • Year 1989
    Description Ore Treated 2106800 Mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Ore Production 2129724 Mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Gold Production 53912 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1991
    Description Silver Production 217014 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1992
    Description Ore Production 318414 Mt Ore
  • Year 1992
    Description Gold Production 36283 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1992
    Description Silver Production 138394 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1993
    Description No Ore Production Ore Depleted 0 Mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Gold Production 9755 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1993
    Description Silver Production 32220 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1994
    Description Gold Production 10147 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1994
    Description Silver Production 26074 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 5295 T Oz/Yr
  • Year 1995
    Description Silver Production 2324 T Oz/Yr

Comments on the production information

  • MINING STOPPED IN 1992 HEAP LEACH GOLD/SILVER RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 1995 AND END SOMETIME IN 1996.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 6888218mt ore
    Indicated 88904mt ore
    Demonstrated 6977122mt ore
    Total resources 6977122mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.09 g/mt Gold Major 1990
    Silver Ag 14.83 g/mt Silver Minor 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 5500000mt ore
    Total resources 5500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.337 g/mt Gold Major 1991
    Silver Ag 12.44 g/mt Silver Minor 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 212408mt ore
    Total resources 212408mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.37 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1989, RESERVES WERE 202,000 CONTAINED OZ AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #4, JAN 22, 1997, P3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HECLA MINING COMPANY, 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, P27.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE LOCATION FROM BLM CLAIM LOCATION REGISTER. MOST RECENT MINING TERMINATED IN FEB., 1992. HEAP LEACHING OF ORE WILL CONTINUE TILL 1995. ON 1945 USGS TOPO WILLOW SPRINGS 15 MIN SHEET MINE IS CALLED CACTUS MINE. NO THE 1965 & 1974 PHOTO REVISED USGS TOPO WILLOW SPRINGS 7.5 MIN SHEET THE MINE IS CALLED CACTUS QUEEN MINE. THE CURRENT NAME AS OF, 1996-1997, GIVEN IN NEWS REPORTS THE NAME IS THE CACTUS GOLD MINE. 7-97: SUMMO HAS ACQUIRED EXTENSIONS OF ITS OPTIONS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY UNTIL 8-29-97 TO ALLOW TIME FOR INCORP. OF TECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE DATA INTO A PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE COMPANY CONTINUES ITS DRILLING PROGRAM AND AN EXTERNAL ORE RESERVE CALCULATION IS UNDERWAY AND AN INTERNAL PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY IS IN PROGRESS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND WHETHER OR NOT SUMMO SHOULD EXERCISE ITS OPTIONS IN THIS GOLD MARKET. 8-97: AN EXTERNAL ORE RESERVE CALCULATION IS UNDERWAY AND AN INTERNAL PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY IS IN PROGRESS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND WHETHER OR NOT SUMMO SHOULD EXERCISE ITS OPTIONS IN THIS GOLD MARKET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/15/1991
MSHA mine ID0404786
Mine name (MSHA)Cactus Gold Mine
Current operatorBrown & Root (U S A) Inc
Current controller (parent)Halliburton Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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