Mine detail: Kaiser Mine

Previously called 'Baxter Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.04909, -118.09984

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Fluorite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1922

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1928

Geology

Host rock:Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSM233240
DEP10104021
Reference{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 REPT. 3-196, UNPUBLISHED.}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979.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}
ReporterRoyse, Sue E.