Ajax Mine

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

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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.