The Ajax Mine is a gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,999 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
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.3233, -113.72390
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Ajax
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
Owner Name: Don Jenkins
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1985
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Iron
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION, WHICH IS FOR THE PERIOD 1902- 40 IS 1,643 TONS OF ORE, WHICH YIELDED 140,239 POUNDS OF LEAD, 276 POUNDS OF COPPER, 7,621 OUNCES OF SILVER, AND 979 OUNCES OF GOLD. A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS PRODUCTIONS WAS DONE IN 1902.
Comment (Workings): AREA CONSISTS OF 5 ADITS RANGING IN LENGTH FROM 5 FT TO 220 FT AND 2 CAVED ADITS WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM OTHER ADITS THAT INTERCONNECT WITH THEM
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 37-64.
Reference (Deposit): BASIN: NEW YORK, BUFFALO-HEAD PRESS, 158 P.
Reference (Deposit): NOYES, A.J., 1966, THE STORY OF AJAX: LIFE IN THE BIG HOLE
Reference (Deposit): THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P.283-286
Reference (Deposit): SASSMAN, 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD: M.S.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MBMG BULL.85, P.33-35
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS),
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
