The Sioux Ajax Tunnel is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.93917, -112.11389
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Sioux Ajax Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sioux Ajax Tunnel
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co., Division Of Anaconda Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sioux Ajax Fault, Major East-West Feature
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880S
Comment (Location): HEAD OF CANYON WEST OF MAMMOTH; EAST SLOPE OF MAMMOTH PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): PORTION IN NORTH LILY-OWNED GROUND MAINTAINED BY ANACONDA CO.
Comment (Deposit): DETAIL IN LINDGREN, 1919. NO ORE WAS DEVELOPED
Comment (Workings): LONG ADIT 4400 FT E, NE EXPLORED MAMMOTH, ANACONDA, AND EUREKA CONSOLIDATED GROUND. NEW PARK MINING DRIFTED NORTHWEST (?) ON MAMMOTH GROUND, 1960S.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCINTYRE, E.S., PERSONAL INTERVIEW, OCTOBER 1983.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, AIME.
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