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Baxter Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125583
MAS/MILS ID 0320210081
Record type Site
Current site name Baxter Mine
Alternate or previous names Kaiser Mine, Flourspar Mines, Fluorspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10095, 39.04162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1948

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 014 N 035 E 25 C E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY COVERS T 014N/ R 036E AND SEC 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10095, 39.04162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 610M
    Width 152M
    Area 33HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N50E:50N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 33
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743M
    Overall depth 66M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method COMBINED METHODS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS DC, 1961, GEOL & MIN DED. OFMIN CO, NEV, NEV BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    HORTON RC, 1961, AN INV. FLOURSPAR OCC. N NEV, NEV BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    HORTON RC, 1962, FLOURSPAR OCC. IN NEVADA, NEV BUR MINES MAP

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG WO, 1937, RECON OF MINDIS. MIN CO.,NEV USBM IC 69

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD NL, 1966, INDUS MIN DEP OF MIN CO. NEV.NEV BUR MINE

  • Deposit

    MATSON EJ & TRENGOVE RR, 1957, USBM REPT. INV.5344, 38P

  • Deposit

    THURSTON WR 1946, PRELIM. RPT BAXTER DEP USGS SMI PRELIM RPT

  • Deposit

    GILLSON,JL,1945,FLUORSPAR DEP IN W.STATES AIME TECH PUB 1783

  • Deposit

    SMITH AM, 1934, DISCUSSION OF PAPER BY EF BURCHARD AIME V109

  • Deposit

    SMITH AM, 1931, BROKEN HILLS, NEVBU MINES UNPUB. RPT. FILES

  • Deposit

    FULTON JA & SMITH AM, 1932, NONMET. MINS IN NEV,NEV U BULL V

  • Deposit

    VITALINAO CJ, 1943, MEM. RPT. ON BAXTER MINE USGS UNPUB FL,

  • Deposit

    THURSTON WR, 1945, PRELIM. RPT. ON BAXTER FLOURSPAR DEP, USG

  • Deposit

    BENSON WT 1944, BAXTER FLOURSPAR MINE, USBM LETTR#7, NOV 21

  • Deposit

    MATSON EJ & TRENGOVE RR, 1955, BAXTER FL. DEP., USBM RI FEB,

  • Deposit

    MATSON EJ & TRENGOVE RR, 1956, INVES KAISER (BAXTER) MINE US

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON TW, 1951, GROUND WATER SUPPLY FOR BAXTER MILL USGS

  • Deposit

    MATSON EJ, 1951 (7) INVES. BAXTERFLOURSPAR DEP., USBM RI, 12

  • Deposit

    MATSON EJ & IRWIN WP, 1951, DMA-969, BAXTER FLOURSPAR MINE

  • Deposit

    WORL RG ET AL 1974, FLOURITE IN US, USGS MAP MR-60

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G.,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NV, NEV BUR MINES BULL 93.

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT, INVEST. 5344, 1966, PP. 2-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-1996 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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