The Baxter is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California.
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Baxter MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baxter
Secondary: Hildebrand
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: Clear Lake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. C. Baxter
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered By Solfataric Action
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): INACTIVE SINCE 1929
Comment (Production): FIRST PRODUCTION 1862.
Comment (Development): NEW ROADCUT EXPOSURE
Comment (Location): SOUTHERN SLOPE OF MT. KONOKTI LOCATION UNCERTAIN
Comment (Geology): MINERALS REDINGTONITE, MILLERITE, AND GOLD HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: FRANCISCAN ROCKS INCLUDE SHALE, MUDSTONE, AND SANDSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH ALTERED LAVAS (GREENSTONES) AND SERPENTINE. THE SERPENTINE IS HIGHLY SHEARED NEAR SEDIMENT CONTACTS. SMALL CHROMITE PODS MAY BE FOUND IN THE SERPENTINES. THE KNOXVILLE FORMATION IS UPPER JUR TO LOWER CRET, HOWEVER SOMETIMES THE UPPER BEDS ARE TERMED PASKENTA. KNOXVILLE BEDS ARE MORE SHALY AND BEDDING IS BETTER DEVELOPED THAN FRANCISCAN. OVER THIS IS A CGL. ABOVE THE CGL BEDS ARE MORE SANDY. TERTIARY VOLCANICS INCLUDE FLOWS, DIKES OF MAFIC COMPOSITION AND RHYOLITIC TUFFS. THE VOLCANICS ARE SOMETIMES MINERALIZED. MOST OF THE TUFFS HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED. HOT SPRINGS HAVE DEPOSITED SINTER BUT DO NOT YIELD MERCURY. SILICA CARBONATE ALTERATION OCCURS IN ALL THE MINES AND FORMED FROM HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT OF SERPENTINE. CARBONATES, HOWEVER, OCCUR ONLY IN SMALL QUANTITY. THIS ROCK HOSTS MOST OF THE ORES. MOST FAULTS STRIKE NW, THE LARGEST BEING KNOXVILLE AND JERICO CREEK FAULTS. THE RARE
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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