Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called 'Carrie Leonard'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.3235, -113.7248

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Chrysocolla, Magnetite, Malachite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1874

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1880

Geology

Host rock:	Lemhi Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Miner Lake Fault, Freeman Dike Zone, Country Rock Trends N15e, 15se.
Tectonic:	Medicine Lodge Thrust System
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007443
DEP	10069767
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 85.}{Deposit:: NOYES, A. J., 1914, THE STORY OF AJAX - LIFE IN THE BIG HOLE BASIN: HELENA, MT., STATE PUBLICATION CO.}{Deposit:: MACKENZIE, W.D., 1949 MS THESIS, UNIV OF ID.}{Production:: M.B.M.G. BULL. 85}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)