Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called 'Golden Ajax Mine: Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.60698, -105.24667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Scapolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Pierre Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphism Has Altered The Shale Adjacent To The Porphyry.

References

MRDS	D009013
DEP	10012971
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 101-102}{Deposit:: METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 57}{Deposit:: PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 38}{Deposit:: PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 73-74}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 121-124, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David