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Ajax Mica Mine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Quartz
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165743
MRDS ID D010225
MAS/MILS ID 0080190090
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Floyd Hill Mica Mine
Related records 10013761

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.44087, 39.74916 (WGS84)
Elevation 2370
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.44087, 39.74916
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Date of Last Modification 920529

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-1992 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 11-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.