The present invention is a method for producing a silica container having a substrate containing gaseous bubbles in its outer
peripheral part and an inner layer comprised of a transparent
silica glass formed on an inner surface of the substrate, wherein a powdered
raw material for forming a substrate containing Li, Na, and K with the total concentration of 50 or less ppm by weight and a powdered
raw material for forming an inner layer containing Ca, Sr, and Ba with the total concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by weight are prepared; a preliminarily molded substrate is formed in a frame; a preliminarily molded inner layer is formed on an inner surface of the preliminarily molded substrate; and the preliminarily molded substrate and molded inner layer are heated from inside thereof by a
discharge-heat melting method under a gas
atmosphere containing a
hydrogen gas or a
helium gas or a gas mixture thereof with the ratio of more than 10% by volume thereby making an outer
peripheral part of the preliminarily molded substrate to a sintered body and an inner
peripheral part of the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded inner layer to a
fused glass body. With this, a method for producing a silica container, producible with a low cost and having a high durability and
dimensional precision, and a container of this sort can be provided.