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Montmorillonite from
Ajax Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajax Mine, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:571813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:571813:9
GUID (UUID V4):5dcf6ba9-4e54-4e5a-93ae-e848d1d6a81e
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
23.0km (14.3 miles) ā“˜Brandt Claims, Beaver Creek Area, Soda Springs Park Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ā“˜Obsidian Quarry, Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
80.5km (50.0 miles) ā“˜Last Chance Mine (Lower Adit; Kramer Mine; Adit No. 1; Adit No. 2), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
80.7km (50.2 miles) ā“˜Colorado - American Mine (West Vein; Trefone Adit; East Vein; American Shaft; Mill Adit; Branch or Collins Vein), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
80.8km (50.2 miles) ā“˜Alderman deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.1km (50.4 miles) ā“˜Puzzle mine, Poncha Springs, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.3km (50.5 miles) ā“˜Blue Stone Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.5km (50.6 miles) ā“˜White King Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.5km (50.7 miles) ā“˜Snowflake Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
81.7km (50.7 miles) ā“˜Chimney Hill Mine (Morgan Ranch Deposits; Manganese Hill), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralized Veins and Brecciasof the Cripple Creek District, Colorado TOMMY B. THOMPSON, ALAN D. TBIPPEL...The vein depositsas exemplifiedby thoseof the Ajax mine cut Precambriancrystalline rocksandTertiary rocksof...highersalinitiesfoundin the upper 300 m of the Ajax mine levels;the fluidswereboilingandcontained COā€¢...ofgoldintheCrippleCreek pears to have headed on the Cripple Creek volcanic district,almost21 milliontroy ounceshavebee...localizedwithin brec- positsin the immediateCripple Creek district.Ash cia bodies.A reconnaissance geochemical
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...[Ba(UO2)2V2O8ā­ˆ5H2O] from the type locality, the Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute OgoouĆ©, Gabon. See the article...ā€œThis is the XYZ mine, and these are pretty pictures of the minerals from that mine.ā€ Lou, however, took...chemistry, crystal system, identifying features, and mine of originā€”all without notes. From his huge library
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan Whatā€™s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by John
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Report (issue)
___-_____-_-___-____ Opex formation______--_-_-__--___________ Ajax dolomite-_____________________________ Ordovician...Permian system_______---_--------------------Diamond Creek(?) sandstone..___________---Park City and Phosphoria...coarse- and fine-grained dolomite in Emerald member of Ajax dolomite.___________________________ 49 22. Characteristic...Characteristic outcrop of upper member of Ajax dolomite-___________________-___________-----------_-.__...brachiopods of the genus Eoorthis from lower member of Ajax dolomite.___________________________ 51 24. Close-up
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ā€¢ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ā€¢ Email: info@kristalle.com... Gressman tom.gressman@minrec.org The Tintic District: Juab and Utah Counties, Utah...................COVER: CLINOCLASE, 3.9 cm, from the Mammoth mine, Tintic District, Utah. Rock Currier collection; Jeff Scovil...sample of a pascoite group mineral at a mine in Grand County, Utah. Died, Alex Earl, 26 Jayson Alexander...over the American West. A trip to the Blue Bell mine near Baker, California, in 2016 was particularly
Report (issue)
General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic Mining District, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...General Geology and Mines of the East Tintic: Mining District, Utah and juab Counties, Utah By H. T. MORRIS...LOVERING With sections on THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURGIN MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN, W. M. SHEPARD, H. T. MORRIS... and S. M. SMITH and THE GEOLOGY OF THE TRIXIE MINE By A. PAUL MOGENSEN, H. T. MORRIS, and S. M. SMITH...highly productive silver, gold, and base-metal mining district in the east-central Great Basin UNITED STATES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
agesof illite associated with the Au mineralization mining in the Little Rocky Mountainsproduced and the strontiumand... FIG. 2. Location of the Zortman and Landusky mine areas withinthe Little RockyMountains. The geologiccontacts...samplescollectedfor isotope andchemicalanalyses fromoutsidethe mine areas(denotedby prefixZ- in the tables)areshownfor...feldspar.Plagioclase phenocrysts(An2o)comprise2 mine areasin the Little Rocky Mountains(Fig. 2). to 40...prefix to the samplenumbersindicatethe drill hole or mine pit from which the sampleswere collected (asin Figs
Report (volume)
study of parts of the Tintic and North Tin tic mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Tintic mining district and the southwestern part of the North Tintic n1ining district. The rocks...west of the point where the boundary between the Colorado Plateaus and Middle Rocky Mountains provinces...streams are intermittent and drain into Tanner Creek, which empties into the Sevier River south of the...mines of the Tintic, East Tin tic, and North Tintic mining districts. It joins the Eureka quadrangle on the
Report (volume)
Geology of the Thomas Range Fluorspar District Juab County, Utah GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report... Geology of the Thomas Range Fluorspar District Juab County, Utah By M. H. STAATZ and F. W. OSTERWALD...1918Geology of the Thomas Range fluorspar district, Juab County, Utah, by M. H. Staatz and F. W. Osterwald...joint author. 11. Title: Thomas Range fluorspar district, Juab Co., Utah. (Series) OE75.B9 no. 1069 Copy...Geologic map of fluorspar district. Structure sections of fluorspar district. Geologic map of south end
Report (issue)
.......... 6 Environmental Conditions Prior to Mining .................................................Potential Environmental Considerations Related to Mining or Mineral Processing ...........................volumes published 2 by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Sutherland Brown, 1976; Schroeter... Endako, Boss Mountain, Kitsault, and Thompson Creek have been exploited. There are about 100 deposits...Red Mountain, Yukon Mt.Haskin, B.C. Storie, B.C. Ajax, B.C. Mt. Thomlinson, B.C. Tidewater, B.C. Bell
Book
MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine ā€”_ā€”< Ā¢ te om At _SHT 40...MINES AND MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna...Mines and minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index...index. 1. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatictemperatures to be and montmorillonite but closer to montmorillonite. about 10 Ʊ 10 per mil, with...7.0 to 9.5%0 and mixtures of kaolinite and montmorillonite,subseIā€¢D =-50 to -80%o, basedon analysesof...analysesof OH- quentlycalledmixedkaolinite-montmorillonite clays. bearing igneousminerals. Waters with these iso-...practicallyany to separate the mixedkaolinite-montmorillonite clays. origin can attain suchvaluesthroughexchange...initially have D/H and Oxs/Ox6 Clayssuchas montmorillonite and halloysiteconratios near zero sincethey
Report (issue)
indicate annotation of thesis title by addition of county. Capitalization of terms in revised abstracts was...particular to Mis s Edith Rich, and to the Natrona County Library, for procuring theses. Many university...WARD OWEN, 1951, Cambrian diabase flow in [Utah County], central Utah: Brigham Young Univ. M. S. thesis...Siltstone at the base of the Chinle Formation on the Colorado Plateau shows alteration features associated with...washingtonensis. Basal Chinle outcrops along the Colorado River gorge 11 miles east of Moab, Utah, show
Report (volume)
Rm G-84 DENVER, Colorado--Federal Bldg., Rm. 169, 1961 Stout St. LAKEWOOD, Colorado-- Federal Center...rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...significant tasks. GRADE-TONNAGE MODELS Estimated pre-mining tonnages and grades from over 3,900 well-explored
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Boulder County Tungsten District Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL ... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Boulder County Tungsten District Colorado By T. S. LOVERING and OGDEN TWETO...State of Colorado through the Colorado Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED...__________________________ Principal rocks of the district.________________________ Pre-Cambrian rocks__...Age_ __________________________________ Boulder Creek granite and related rocks. ____ Distribution and
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu Ā© f the Ore deposiits...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND...AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 178, MINING GEOLOGY AIME TRANSACTIONS 181, MINING, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, EDUCATION
Report (volume)
. 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll
Book
productive and barren terrain. Part III: Local and Mine Scale Exploration ā€” geochemical responses around...AND COMMODITY SELECTION OTHER OPTIONS purchase of mine, prospect, etc. acquisition of regional scale geological...EXPLORATION SELECTION OF REGION SELECTION OF DISTRICT o o o t> o o [ 1 reconnaissance exploration...of magnitude: region: greater than 5000 km2 ; district: 500-5000 km 2 ; area: 5ā€”50 km 2 ; target: less...using existing knowledge. For example, in a known mining area a particular lithological structural unit
Report (issue)
which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and...fluids in the Yerington, Nevada, porphyry copper district and concluded that an aqueous fluid, rich in sodium...kaolinite (Ā±dickite)-muscovite (sericite)-montmorillonite. The ā€œadvanced-argillicā€ mineral assemblage...copper-bearing mineral assemblages at the Lakeshore mine in Arizona, as follows: chalcocite zone, brochantite
Report (volume)
Geological Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT Ā© 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...and 1970s were decades of mineral exploration and mine development unprecedented in the northwestern Cordillera...the world. The modern era of copper-molybdenum mining in British Columbia dawned in 1954 when Bethlehem...the 30 years since the opening of the Bethlehem mine in late 1962, porphyry mines in British Columbia
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in this issue Kennecottā€™s Oswaldo Zinc Mine Page 20 ā€™ Contractors Prefer Eimcos ā€” for loading underground...COMPANY * ENGINEERS es Reoresentatives Ass Mining ENG INEERL Section ote NG - Wanrers. : Tee...Electric Ave., Milwaukee 46, Wis. al MAGNETIC MINING WORLD, Conn. Executive, + x sĀ« Cor I inde April...Post Office at please send notice 3579 to MINING WORLD, 71 Columbia St Seattle 4, Bristol...SPECIFICā€”ORDER Blocks Products! Shroud BE Sheave Mining for longer service and extra protection for &
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REDWELL BASIN MT. EMMONS 19. 21. 23. ( [ SERB CREEK LUCKY SHIP RED BIRD ENDAKO SALAL BOSS MOUNTAIN MOUNT...SILVER OIKE BALD BUTTE CANNIVAN GULCH IMA THOMPSON CREEK WHITE CLOUD LITTLE FALLS CUMO MAJUBA HILL BUCKINGHAM...GLACIER GULCH 15. 16. 17. 18. , / AJAX TIDEWATER ROUNDY CREEK KITSAULT BELL MOLY '[rsZ- -,-ā€¢ -, ...1976;Woodcockand Hollister,1978;Steininger,1979);RoundyCreek, Ajax (Woodcockand Carter, 1976); Endako(Kimura and Drummond...during the developmentof a volcano-plu- Copper Creek, Copper Basin,Cumobabi). Calc-alkalinestockworkmolybdenumdeposits
 
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