Ajax Mine

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020098
MRDS ID DC12558
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine
Alternate or previous names Copperopolis, Am. Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11273, 39.92717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2156
Relative position EAST OF MAMMOTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED IN 1909 WITH CLEVELAND, PEDRO AND GOLD CHAIN GROUP AS THE GOLD CHAIN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11273, 39.92717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike N 55 W, Dip 20 Ne. Fractures Trend N-S, N 25 E, N 35 E, N 65 E, N 55 W And Dip 70 - 90 W.

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly And Northeasterly Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT WITH A 400 FT INTERIOR SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPORT, PT 3 - F, P. 744

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTN AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3 , P. 9

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 134

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-07-1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references