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Ajax Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026999
MRDS ID M001680
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine
Alternate or previous names Doran and Gallagher
Related records 10210143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.21231, 32.01319 (WGS84)
Relative position .5 MILES SW OF BLUE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 31E 30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Nipper Formation, Sabins, P. 1323-1325
    Rock description Nipper Formation, Sabins, P. 1323-1325

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.21231, 32.01319
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ajax Metal Mining Co.; Arizona Consolidated Metal Producers Corp., Doran And Gallagher
  • Type Owner
    Owner Noland, A. F.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LATE CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CONGLOMERATES CUT BY TERTIARY SILICIC PORPHYRY DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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