The Ajax Mine is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Secondary: Doran and Gallagher
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ajax Metal Mining Co.; Arizona Consolidated Metal Producers Corp., Doran And Gallagher
Owner Name: Noland, A. F.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1945
Comment (Deposit): VEINS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LATE CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY VOLCANIC CONGLOMERATES CUT BY TERTIARY SILICIC PORPHYRY DIKES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315
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