The Ajax Mica Mine is a mica mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 39.74917, -105.44028
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Ajax Mica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajax Mica Mine
Secondary: Floyd Hill Mica Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Clear Creek Pegmatite Province
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ralph D. Naslund And Geroge Baer
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Floyd Hill Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS GENERALLY EAST-WEST AND DIPS 30 S, CUTTING ACROSS GNEISSIC BEDDING AND SCHISTOSITY. DIKE IS CUT BY ROTATIONAL FAULT TRENDING N39 W, 75 NE. QUARTZ CORE WITH MINOR ALBITE AND MUSCOVITE IS ENCLOSED BY ALBITE-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE. FOOTWALL OF DIKE CONTAINS CONCENTRATION OF SHEET MICA.
Comment (Workings): 123-BY 60-FT SHALLOW OPEN CUT, 32-FT ADIT, 40-FT INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF CLEAR CREEK 760 FT ABOVE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): FIRST OPERATED FOR MICA USED IN STOVE MANUFACTURE. REOPENED IN 1944 AND YIELDED 50,900 LB SCRAP MICA, 22,927 LB MINE-RUN MICA, AND 1036 LB FULL-TRIMMED PUNCH AND SHEET MICA
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800S
References
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-44: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 27-29
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337
Reference (Deposit): BOOS, M.F., 1954, GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN PEGMATITES IN THE DENVER MOUNTAIN PARKS AREA, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 65, P. 115-142
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