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Ajax Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015882
MRDS ID DB02157
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49257, 46.71518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF OPHIR ON CAVE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 09 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.6 KM SE OF MEYERS HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49257, 46.71518
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form "IRON PIPE", IRREGULAR CYLINDRICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • E AND W OF OPHIR GULCH, THERE ARE SMALL MASSES OF INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $48000.00 IN AU ORE BY 1912.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUPRIFEROUS ORE RICHER IN GOLD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit .5-2 FT. IN DIAMETER, STANDING VERTICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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