The Ajax Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.0675, -116.47611
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bellehelen District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Silver Fields-Ajax Mines Co.
Years: 1919 -
Owner Name: Elgin-Bellehelen-Divide Mining Co. (Name Change)
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Kawich Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Resurgent Caldron
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1919 - RATIO OF 1 OZ GOLD TO 100 OZ SILVER. SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM TR TO 0.34 OZ/T AU AND FROM 0.20 TO 47-48 OZ/T AG.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 120 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 30 AND 70 FT.SOME SHALLOW PROSPECTING BOTH E AND W OF SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): SMALL ORE STRINGERS IN CRUSHED ZONE. PORTIONS OF CRUSHED AREA HAVE BEEN CEMENTED BY QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 214, ITEM1
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H.,1920, MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XIV,P.1138.
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.
