Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

44.35179, -118.75438

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Canyon Mountain Complex
Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Country Rock Is Highly Broken And Jointed
Tectonic:	Ochoco-Blue Mountains
Alteration processes:	Peridotite And Dunite Are Locally Serpentinized

References

MRDS	M015019
DEP	10033095
Reference	{Deposit:: ALLEN, J.E., 1941, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF OREGON (REVISED ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 9, P. 65.}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON - WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 19.}{Deposit:: CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 103.}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.