| Deposit ID | 10069767 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007443 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ajax Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Carrie Leonard |
| Related records | 10196966 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.7248, 45.3235 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | NEAR AJAX & LENA LAKES AND ABOUT 22 SW OF WISDOM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Hole(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006S | 017W | 07 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Lemhi Quartzite |
| Rock description | Lemhi Quartzite |
| (1) | -113.7248, 45.3235 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Miner Lake Fault, Freeman Dike Zone, Country Rock Trends N15e, 15se. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST - WEST |
| Dip | 55 S AVERAGE |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | W. S. Burnett |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Beaverhead Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clayton Jenkins |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Morse, H. E. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 700M |
| Overall depth | 92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007443 |
MBMG BULL 85.
NOYES, A. J., 1914, THE STORY OF AJAX - LIFE IN THE BIG HOLE BASIN: HELENA, MT., STATE PUBLICATION CO.
MACKENZIE, W.D., 1949 MS THESIS, UNIV OF ID.
M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET ALONG TTHE SOUTH CIRQUE WALL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Krohn, Douglas H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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