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Kaiser Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104021
MRDS ID M233240
Record type Site
Current site name Kaiser Mine
Alternate or previous names Baxter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09984, 39.04909 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. W OF BROKEN HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broken Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 034E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09984, 39.04909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N40E
    Dip 50NW
    Length 3596.64M
    Width 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS AN OLIVE-GRAY TO MEDIUM-GRAY ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCK WHICH IS SLIGHTLY ALTERED TO CALCITE, SERICITE, AND CHLORITE. IN THE FAULT ZONE THE COUNTRY ROCK IS ARGILLIZED, SILICIFIED, AND SOMEWHAT IRON STAINED; IT NOW CONSISTS OF QUARTZ, MONTMORILLONITE, AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF SERICITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer U. S. Baxter
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 50,869 TONS FROM 1928-51 BY BAXTER; 131,028 TONS AVERAGING ABOUT 46% CA F2 FROM 1952-57 BY KAISER. TOTAL MINE PRODUCTION 181,897 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 INCLINED SHAFTS WITH 6 PRINCIPAL LEVELS. ALL MINE DEVELOPMENT BELOW THE 400 LEVEL DONE BY KAISER.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED BY BAXTER FROM 1928 TO 1951. FROM 1952 TO 1957 MINE OPERATED BY KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORP. MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1957, BUT THE PRINCIPAL CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN 1970 BY HOWARD TURLEY, THE PRESENT OWNER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 93

  • Deposit

    HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, 1966, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 13

  • Deposit

    MATSON AND TIENGROVE, 1957, INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, KAISER MINE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM REPT. INV. 5344

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, 1946, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BAXTER FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT NEAR BROKEN HILLS, NEVADA; USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV., PRELIM. REPT. 3-196, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979. P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALMOST ALL OF THE FLUORSPAR IS IN A FAULT ZONE FROM 2 TO 18 FEET IN WIDTH AND OVER 1800 FEET IN STRIKE LENGTH. FLUORSPAR GENERALL OCCURS IN A WELL-DEFINED VEIN WITH A DEFINITE FOOTWALL AND A LESS DEFINITE HANGING WALL IN WHICH IRREGULAR, RANDOM OR BRANCHING, THINNER VEINS AND VEINLETS ARE FOUND. ONLY RARELY DOES FLUORSPAR OCCUR BENEATH THE FOOTWALL CONTACT. THE MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 9 FEET OR MORE IN THICKNESS, AND THE MAIN VEIN WITHIN THIS ZONE COMMONLY IS A FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET THICK WITH ABRUPT PINCHING AND SWELLING. IN PLACES, ESPECIALLY IN HANGING WALL, THE VEINS AND THE ADJACENT ALTERED ROCK ARE BRECCIATED. LOCALLY THE FLUORSPAR IS GRANULATED TO A LOOSE SANDY MATERIAL. SOME OF THE ORE IS STAINED BY IRON OXIDES OR, LESS COMMONLY, BY MANGANESE OXIDES. THE FLUORITE IS WHITE TO VERY LIGHT GRAY TO VERY PALE GREEN, AND CONSISTS MOSTLY OF MEDIUM-GRAINED CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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