Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.85679, -118.40549

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Limonite, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1905 - 1906

Geology

Host rock:Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:Argillite

References

MRDSM014809
DEP10102953
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 41 .}{Deposit:: BROOKS, M. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 77 .}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT: COLARADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS}{Deposit:: KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 49, P.13.}
ReporterLee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.