The Ajax Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,091 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,091 Feet (1,247 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.5292, -115.79720
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Secondary: Ajax No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: Tabular
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Previous Quad Designation = Spokane 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): Depths To Top, Bottom Are Expressed In Elevation.
Comment (Production): 12-75 Griggs (1952) Reports Production As 5,524 Short Tons O Which Yielded 6,174 Oz Ag and 1,202,540 Lbs Pb Between 1924- Crosby (1959) Reports Production As 6,235 Short Tons Averaging Oz Ag Per Ton, and 9.7% Pb. No Zinc Production Was Reported
References
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445
Reference (Production): Griggs, A. B., 1952 , USGS Open - File Rept., 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology And Notes On Ore Deposits In Canyon-Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 Geolmap A. B. Griggs, Open File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): Crosby 1959 Prof Engineering Thesis, Univ Of Minnesota
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