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Ajax

CA / BC
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Ajax is a mineral prospect in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a Moly porphyry deposit. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Molybdenite. The site was discovered in 1927; workings are underground.

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AzuriteChrysocollaCopperMalachiteMolybdenite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
Moly porphyry
Other materials
Molybdenite

Mining history

Status
Prospect
Operation type
Underground
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1927

Records and references

Cited references

Creston Moly Corporation, 2011, Ajax: web page accessed 10 August, 2011, at http://www.crestonmoly.com/s/Ajax.asp. WOODCOCK, J.R., AND N.C. CARTER, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ALICE ARM MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., IN PORPHYRY DEPOSITS IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, P.462-475. COSTIN, C.P. AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE AJAX MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, B.C., CANADA. THESIS, 1975.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10303159 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 55.56000, -129.54000

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