The Ajax Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.32361, -113.72389
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Ajax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mine
Secondary: Carrie Leonard
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Beaverhead Range
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Morse, H. E.
Owner Name: Clayton Jenkins
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1874
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Miner Lake Fault, Freeman Dike Zone, Country Rock Trends N15e, 15se.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MI SE OF AJAX PEAK. SOUTH END OF CIRQUE: BIG SWAMP CREEK
Comment (Production): PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN 1902.
Comment (Development): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS: AJAX, AJAX, EXTENSION, AND EDNA AND EDITH. A STAMP MILL WAS BUILT AT PROPERTY DURING 1890'S BUT WAS REPLACED IN 1903 BY A NEW MILL WHICH CLOSED IN 1905
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET ALONG TTHE SOUTH CIRQUE WALL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FOUR ADITS; THREE UPPER ADITS DRIVEN ON VEIN AND A LOWER ADIT DRIVEN TO CROSSCUT VEIN AT DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): AJAX VEIN COMPLETELY REPLACES DIKE ROCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): NOYES, A. J., 1914, THE STORY OF AJAX - LIFE IN THE BIG HOLE BASIN: HELENA, MT., STATE PUBLICATION CO.
Reference (Deposit): MACKENZIE, W.D., 1949 MS THESIS, UNIV OF ID.
Reference (Production): M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
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.
