Ajax Mine

The Ajax Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.

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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

Name: Ajax Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.