USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Ajax Mine
Source Corroborated Lead Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Mining district
- Mineral Hill District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Pb-Cu-Ag-Au mine located in the SE¼ sec. 35, T2S R11E.(Mineral Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about 2 miles (3.22 km) NW of Bell Butte and about 3.25 miles (ca. 5 km) NE of Mineral Mountain, on private land. Produced 1915-1916. Ope…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 4 adit symbols
- Shaft : Mineral Mtn. , 1964
- Adit : Mineral Mtn. , 1964
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- B. D. Johnson, Fallen (Up To , Ralph Pomeroy · Historical operator
- Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co. , Hurley New Mexico Copper Co , W. C. Smith · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Argentite
- Bornite
- Cerargyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
View all 35 reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Argentite
- Bornite
- Cerargyrite
- Galena
- Sphalerite
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
- Anglesite
- Apatite
- Bornite
- Calcite
- Caledonite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chamosite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Covellite
- Cuprite
- Fluorite
- Galena
- Goethite
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Hydrozincite
- Malachite
- Quartz
- Rock Crystal
- Schist
- Sphalerite
- Willemite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 2 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 42871
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (29)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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