| Deposit ID | 10303159 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 1220100052 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ajax |
| Alternate or previous names | Ajax Molybdenum Deposit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
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| Geographic coordinates: | -129.54, 55.56 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2300 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | The Ajax Property is situated on the eastern flank of Mount McGuire and is approximately 16 km north of Kitsault in the Alice Arm area and near the past producing BC Moly Mine. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ketchikan NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ketchikan E OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | British Columbia |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -129.54, 55.56 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
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| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1927 |
| District name | Skeena |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Newmont Mining Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Creston Moly Corporation |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 2011 |
| First year | 2009 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 418400000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 418400000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 418400000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total endowment | 552120000metric tons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Inferred Resource of 483.12 million tones grading 0.061% Mo (NI 43-101 compliant) \nIndicated Resource of 69.0 million tonnes grading 0.065% Mo (NI 43-101 compliant) at 0.04% cutoff\n | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220100052 |
WOODCOCK, J.R., AND N.C. CARTER, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ALICE ARM MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., IN PORPHYRY DEPOSITS IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, P.462-475.
Creston Moly Corporation, 2011, Ajax: web page accessed 10 August, 2011, at http://www.crestonmoly.com/s/Ajax.asp.
COSTIN, C.P. AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE AJAX MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, B.C., CANADA. THESIS, 1975.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Creston (2011) webpage saved in Associated Files. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-SEP-92 | Palencia, Cesar M. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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