The Ajax Prospect is a mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,750 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,750 Feet (2,667 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.84139, -115.39556
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Ajax Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge 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: Pat Donahue Of (Jarbidge)
Years: 1923 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 10 OR MORE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 10 OR MORE CLAIMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL VEINS IN THE VICINITY, OF WHICH A TOTAL LENGTH OF 3,600 FEET IS SAID TO LIE WITHIN THE PROPERLY. THEY PROBABLY INCLUDE A SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE BEN HUR VEIN OR A BRANCH OF IT. THE AJAX VEIN, OPENED BY 2 TUNNEL AT 9,800 FT, IS 4 TO 5 FEET IN WIDTH AND DIPS 80DEG W. DEVELOPMENT IS BY CUTS, TUNNELS, AND DRIFTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): THE PROSPECT ADJOINS THE BEN HUR ON THE SOUTH AND THE ALTITUDE ON THE WEST.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS INCLUDING A SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE BENHUR VEIN.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, CUTS, DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): THE GAUGE INCLUDES: QUARZ, AJULAVIA, & CONSIDERABLE ALTERED RHYOLITE & CLAY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGO MINING DISTRICT, NEV.: USGS BULL. 741
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
