Cactus Gold Mine | UndergroundMines

Key facts

State: California
County: Kern
Development status: Plant
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Gold
Verification: Unconfirmed

Also known as

Cactus Queen Mine, Cactus Mine, Shumake Mine, Blue Eagle Mine, Middle ButtesCactus, Shumake Deposit

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

13 shaft symbols
22 adit symbols

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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground

MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Plant): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Plant

Operators / organizations

Cactus Gold Mines Inc. (Owned (85%) By Hecla) · Historical operator · 1996
Compass Mining Inc. · Source-reported owner · 1990
Dakota Mining Corp. · Source-reported owner · 1997
Hecla Mining Co. · Source-reported owner · 1997
W. J. Carey · Source-reported owner · 1990
Cactus Gold Mines Co. · Historical operator · 1990
Coca Mines Inc. · Historical operator · 1990
Summo Minerals Corp. · Historical operator · 1997

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

mapped shaft symbols (13)
mapped adit symbols (22)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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