Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called 'Hal* MineHales Mining and Development Co.Crocket Mining Co.Norton and WrightAjax Mercury Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.17291, -93.70687

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Calomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gangue: Dickite, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1940

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Jackfork Sandstone, Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Thrust Faults, N-S Tear Faults, And Two Fold Systems ; Reg.Trends: Thrust Faults From S In Late Paleozoic, Cowhide Thrust Fault Has Thrust Jackfork Ss And Stanley Shale Over Atoka Fm.
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration

References

MRDSM055043
DEP10040327
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 4737}{Deposit:: USGS, 1942, BULL. 936-H.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES, DRILLIN}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R.