| Deposit ID | 10078388 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026693 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160790082 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ajax Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ajax No. 3 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.79822, 47.52907 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1247 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NE OF BURKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shoshone(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)
Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Shoshone |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 048N | 005E | 10 | NENENE | Idaho |
| Boise | 048N | 005E | 03 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Upper Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Burke Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite | ||
| Rock description | Upper Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Burke Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -115.79822, 47.52907 |
|---|
| General form | Tabular |
|---|---|
| Strike | W |
| Dip | STEEPLY S |
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 1615.44M |
| Depth to bottom | 1554.48M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| District name | Coeur D'Alene District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026693 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | WL_235 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160790082 | data consolidated into this record |
1952 Geolmap A. B. Griggs, Open File Rept.
1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445
Griggs, A. B., 1952 , USGS Open - File Rept., 108 P.
Crosby 1959 Prof Engineering Thesis, Univ Of Minnesota
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Depths To Top, Bottom Are Expressed In Elevation. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1975 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 21-OCT-1990 | Kauffman, John D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.