Ajax Mine

The Ajax Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,091 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ajax Mine
Secondary: Ajax No. 3

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1924
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: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: Tabular

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): Previous Quad Designation = Spokane 1:250000

Comment (Deposit): Depths To Top, Bottom Are Expressed In Elevation.

Comment (Production): 12-75 Griggs (1952) Reports Production As 5,524 Short Tons O Which Yielded 6,174 Oz Ag and 1,202,540 Lbs Pb Between 1924- Crosby (1959) Reports Production As 6,235 Short Tons Averaging Oz Ag Per Ton, and 9.7% Pb. No Zinc Production Was Reported

References

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445

Reference (Production): Griggs, A. B., 1952 , USGS Open - File Rept., 108 P.

Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.

Reference (Deposit): Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology And Notes On Ore Deposits In Canyon-Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 108 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1952 Geolmap A. B. Griggs, Open File Rept.

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 (Deposit): Crosby 1959 Prof Engineering Thesis, Univ Of Minnesota

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