| Deposit ID | 10196966 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007443 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010088 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ajax Mine |
| Related records | 10069767 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.72481, 45.32319 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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 | 006 S | 017 W | 07 | NESESE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Iron | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.72481, 45.32319 |
|---|
| Strike | N68E | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 34S | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Area | 16.7HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| District name | Ajax |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Don Jenkins |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1985 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010088 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007443 | MAS references MRDS |
GEACH, 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS),
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MBMG BULL.85, P.33-35
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 78.
SASSMAN, 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD: M.S.
THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P.283-286
NOYES, A.J., 1966, THE STORY OF AJAX: LIFE IN THE BIG HOLE
BASIN: NEW YORK, BUFFALO-HEAD PRESS, 158 P.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 37-64.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-FEB-94 | Lipton, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.