Ajax Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088905
MRDS ID M899862
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.18348, 33.20787 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV.3351).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 011E 35 SE OF SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.18348, 33.20787

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Striking Vein And Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Mapped As Fault S Of Mine, Open File Report 78 468

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 54.25M
    Length 944.88M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 40 W Trending Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • 15.8-17.4 M.Y. QUARTZ LATITE DIKES 1 1/2 MILES W OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1916

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. D. Johnson, Fallen (Up To , Ralph Pomeroy
    First year 1953
    Last year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co. , Hurley New Mexico Copper Co , W. C. Smith
    First year 1925
    Last year 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 115.82M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.

Comments on development

  • 52 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 3 PATENTED, AJAX, AJAX #1, AND RAVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #597, SE 1/2, T. 2S, R. 11E

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 21 FOOT VEIN, 2 FEET WIDE OF SOLID GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.