Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called 'Ajax No. 3'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.52907, -115.79822

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite, Quartz
Orebody form: Tabular

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1924

Geology

Host rock:Upper Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Burke Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
Host type:Quartzite
Tectonic:Belt Basin

References

MRDSW026693
MAS160790082
DEP10078388
Reference{Deposit:: Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur *lene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.}{Deposit:: Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology And Notes On Ore Deposits In Canyon-Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 108 P.}{Deposit:: 1952 Geolmap A. B. Griggs, Open File Rept.}{Deposit:: 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445}{Deposit:: Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur *lene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.}{Deposit:: Crosby 1959 Prof Engineering Thesis, Univ Of Minnesota}{Production:: Griggs, A. B., 1952 , USGS Open - File Rept., 108 P.}
ReporterKauffman, John D., Miller, Pat J.