Ajax Mine

The Ajax Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

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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:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.85694, -118.40444

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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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