Mine detail: Ajax Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.21679, -115.21783

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	E - W Shear Zone Roughly 10 Mi. Long
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Epidote, Silica, Chlorite, Albite

References

MRDS	W013882
MAS	160390750
DEP	10105677
Reference	{Deposit:: Allen, R. M., Jr., 1952, Geology And Mineralization Of The Volcano District, Elmore County, Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 47, No. 8, P. 815 - 821.}{Deposit:: Allen, R. M., Jr., 1940, Geology And Mineralization Of The Volcano District, Elmore County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 41 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad No. 445}
Reporter	Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)