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Ajax

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109665
MRDS ID M060715
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax
Related records 10298612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.59199, 42.66038 (WGS84)
Elevation 762

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008W 36 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF VEINLETS TR TO 0.02 OZ/T AU TR AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Formation
    Rock description Rogue Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.59199, 42.66038
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mapped At 500 Ft West Of Major North Trending Shear

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N30-40E
    Dip 80 W
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN A SMALL QUARTZ VEIN WITH SOME SULFIDES AND RARE CALCITE. ; GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE = ANDESITIC TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Reuben

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT, WKGS. 3000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45 P

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 207

  • Deposit

    YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013673) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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