Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated rockAndesite · Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1928
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10104021
MRDS IDM233240
Alternate namesBaxter Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04909, -118.09984
References
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 93HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1ARCHBOLD, 1966, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 13MATSON AND TIENGROVE, 1957, INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, KAISER MINE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM REPT. INV. 5344THURSTON, 1946, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE BAXTER FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT NEAR BROKEN HILLS, NEVADA; USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV., PRELIM. REPT. 3-196, UNPUBLISHED.PAPKE, 1979. P. 29