Ajax Mine

Past Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240075
MAS/MILS ID 0081190001
Record type Site
Current site name Ajax Mine
Alternate or previous names Cripple Creek Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.14197, 38.71581 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 S 069 W 29 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.14197, 38.71581

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Cycle Mining Co.
    ID 502266
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS OF COLO & UTAH 1974 MINE MAP REPO #400285 & OT

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET FILE MAY 76 EMPL 26

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS USING MSHA DATA 4-80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/02/1985
MSHA mine ID0502266
Mine name (MSHA)Ajax Mine
Current operatorCripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Pike'S Peak Mining Company & Golden Cycle Gold Cor
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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