The Ajax-Nevada is a gold and silver mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ajax-Nevada MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax-Nevada
Secondary: NBMG # 3713
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Robinson, Raymond F.
Home Office: 180 Larmie Dr.,Reno,Nevada 89511
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURE VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization (?) Altered Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN ORE STOCKPILED AND SHIPPED
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT AJAX, ORMSBY CO
Comment (Development): REPORT WRITTEN ON THE MINE IS DATED 1914. RECENT ROAD BUILDING. CORDEX DRILLED THE HOLES AND WESLEY MINING HAS THE LEASE. ; ECON.COM: NONE RECORDED
Comment (Deposit): VEIN FOLLOWS A N 70 DEGREES E STRIKING FRACTURE IN HIGHLY ALTERED RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, ONE CAVED ADIT, SURROUNDED BY PROSPECTS. RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DRILLING.
Comment (Geology): THE OREBODIES WERE REPORTED TO BE IRREGULAR, WITH NO DEFINITE WALLS, ALONG A FAULT PLANE IN RHYOLITE THAT HAS BEEN LOCALLY ALTERED TO KAOLIN AND SILICIFIED. IN PLACES THE HOST ROCK IS LEACHED WHITE. THE VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED GOUGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, WH, REPORT ON THE AJAX-NEVADA PROP, UNPUB REPORT, NBMG FILES, MARCH 2, 1914
Reference (Deposit): MOORE,JG, GEOL & MIN DEPOSITS, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 75, 1969.
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 5 -24-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
