The Ajax Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD - SILVER RATIO 1 :
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): LOWER TUNNEL EXTENDS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. NE WITH CROSSCUTS N; CENTRAL TUNNEL 500 FT. LONG; UPPER TUNNEL ON SNOWBIRD CLAIM SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG; 35 FT. SHAFT. $40,000 TAKEN FROM 80 FT. SHOOT IN UPPER TUNNEL, FIVE-STAMP MILL WAS ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: INTERSECTING SHEAR ZONES CONTAIN DISCONTINOUS QUARTZ SEAMS AND VEINS.
Comment (Production): $40,000 TAKEN FROM 80 FT. SHOOT IN UPPER TUNNEL FIVE-STAMP MILL ON PROPERTY AT ONE TIME. MILL RECORD UNAVAILABLE.
Comment (Location): E 1/2, IN LUCAS GULCH, 3 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 41 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, M. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 77 .
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT: COLARADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 49, P.13.
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