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Ajax Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105659
MRDS ID W013693
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine
Related records 10167955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.47281, 43.55179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position A LITTLE MORE THAN 10 MI. BY ROAD, NW OF HAILEY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 017E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Black Quartzitic And Calcareous Shale
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Black Quartzitic And Calcareous Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.47281, 43.55179
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner William Barrett, Leo B. Rember, William Rember

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN $15,000

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS AND SOME CUTS

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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