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Ajax Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044156
MRDS ID M231515
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.477, 38.06744 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 0.62 MILES WEST OF BELLEHELEN TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellehelen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 049E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1919 - RATIO OF 1 OZ GOLD TO 100 OZ SILVER. SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM TR TO 0.34 OZ/T AU AND FROM 0.20 TO 47-48 OZ/T AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Resurgent Caldron

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip SLIGHT NORTHERLY DIP
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Northwest - Trending Lineaments (?). Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL ORE STRINGERS IN CRUSHED ZONE. PORTIONS OF CRUSHED AREA HAVE BEEN CEMENTED BY QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bellehelen District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Fields-Ajax Mines Co.
    First year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elgin-Bellehelen-Divide Mining Co. (Name Change)
    First year 1919

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 120 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 30 AND 70 FT.SOME SHALLOW PROSPECTING BOTH E AND W OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 214, ITEM1

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,1920, MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XIV,P.1138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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