Ajax Placer

The Ajax Placer is a gold mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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 Placer  

State:  Montana

County:  Sanders

Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 47.85806, -115.45722

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Ajax Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ajax Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Montana
County: Sanders
District: Cabinet District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Frank Duvall


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Cabinet Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Geology): GOLD IN CREEK IS PROBABLY OF THREE AGES: THAT WHICH FORMED PLACERS PRIOR TO PCEISTOCENE GLACIATION, THAT WHICH FORMED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE ICE ADVANCE AND THAT WHICH HAS FORMED DUE TO WEATHERING OF THE VEINS SINCE THE ICE SHEET WITHDRAWAL.

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH BANK OF VERMILION RIVER A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF GOLD KING PROSPECT

Comment (Development): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): ALL KNOWN PLACER PRODUCTION OF CONSEQUENCE FROM THE VERMILION RIVER CAME FROM BELOW THE LYONS CREEK-VERMILION RIVER JUNCTION, SUGGESTING THE SOURCE OF THE PLACER GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN FROM LYONS CREEK AREA ( JOHNS, W. M., 1962 )>

Comment (Workings): ORIGINAL CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN 1948

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION AMOUNTS ABOVE WERE OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH A FORMER OPERATOR. FROM 1904 - 1947 , VERMILLION CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES PRODUCED $8200 IN AU.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS DISTRIBUTED IN UPPER GRAVELS WITHIN SEVERAL FEET OF THE SURFACE. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE DERIVED FROM GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS NEARBY WHICH CARRY FREE GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 33 - 34 .

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P 83 - 84 .

Reference (Deposit): LYDEN, CHARLES J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , P. 136 .

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963

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 (Production): JOHNS, W. M., 1962 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 33 .


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.