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Porphyry from
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Porphyry
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Papagoiteā“˜1 photo of Porphyry associated with Papagoite at this locality.
Granodioriteā“˜1 photo of Porphyry associated with Granodiorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Porphyry data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1622888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1622888:3
GUID (UUID V4):3aa00f59-6f32-47d1-8d00-2bffe698f8d5
References
Locality description.Identification: Visual Identification
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ..............................................
Report (issue)
MIDDLE TERTIARY PLUTONS IN THE AJO MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Dennis P. Cox Open-File Report...the Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona The Ajo Mining District comprises the Ajo porphyry copper...deposits in the Little Ajo Mountains of western Pima County, Arizona. The New Cornelia Mine, developed on...on the Ajo deposit by Phelps Dodge Corporation has produced 2.5 million tonnes of copper since it was...was opened in 1917. Ajo is the westernmost deposit of a large cluster of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits in southern
Report (issue)
Mineral Resource Maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2Ā° Quadrangles, Arizona AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND...the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Missouri--1400 Independence Rd. FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. The Conterminous...Mineral Resource Maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2Ā° Quadrangles, Arizona By FLOYD GRAY, RICHARD M....mineral resource maps of the Ajo and Lukeville 1 o by 2Ā° quadrangles, Arizona I by Floyd Gray ... [et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sodic-Calcic Family of Alteration in Porphyry Systems of Arizona and Adjacent New Mexico Simone E. Runyon,1,2...E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071-2000, USA 2 Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution...5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, D.C., 20015, USA 3 Lowell 4 Department Institute for Mineral Resources...Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth St., Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, USA of Earth and Atmospheric...numerous districts with Laramide porphyry systems across Arizona and New Mexico. Previously undocumented
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-Proof Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems Simone E. Runyon, Eric Seedorff, Mark...Mazdab, Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...PRE-PROOF Coarse Muscovite Veins and Alteration in Porphyry Systems Simone E. Runyon,ā€ ,* Eric Seedorff,1 Mark...Geosciences University of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077 ā€  Corresponding...Keywords: porphyry copper, greisen, coarse muscovite alteration, hydrothermal alteration, porphyry molybdenum
Report (issue)
FLUID INCLUSIONS IN THE CORNELIA PLUTON, AJO MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA By Dennis P. Cox and...Fluid Inclusions in the Cornelia Pluton, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona By Dennis P. Cox, U.S...Examination of rocks in the Cornelia Pluton during the mineral resource assessment of the Ajo 2Ā° Quadrangle revealed...hydrothermal fluids that formed the porphyry copper deposit at the New Cornelia Mine to the east. Subsequent detailed...hydrothermal alteration assemblages (Carten, 1979) in the Cornelia pluton. These assemblages, previously recognized
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\Ā·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Report (issue)
Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona By Stanley B. Keith 1 Lorraine Schnabel 2 , Ed...editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology; present...Tunder Dr., Phoenix, Arizona 85044 2U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Arizona Bureau of Geology...Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719 ^J.C. Wilt and Co., 3035 So. Shiela Ave., Tucson, Arizona 85746 Contents...Mineralized Areas of the Basin and Range Province in Arizona..............................................in
Report (issue)
deposits of the Ajo and Lukeville 1Ā° by 2Ā° quadrangle, Arizona Presented at Tucson, Arizona February 26...1988 CONTENTS Page 1. The Cusmap Program in the Ajo and Lukeville 1Ā° by 2Ā° quadrangles, by Floyd Gray...Mineral occurrences in the Ajo and Lukeville 1Ā° by 2Ā° quadrangles, Arizona, by R.M. Tosdal and J.A. Peterson........... 3 3. Thermo-tectonic terranes of the Ajo and Lukeville ro by 2Ā° quadrangle K-Ar geochronology...peraluminous leuco-granites, Baboquivari Mountains Range, south-central Arizona, by G.B. Haxel ...............
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mineralsā€”Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~ā€¢.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Report (issue)
Resource Assessment of the Ajo and Lukeville 1Ā° by 2Ā° Quadrangles, Arizona By Jocelyn A. Peterson, Dennis...to hornblende-biotite intrusives Porphyry copper deposits Porphyry copper-related skarn deposits Skarn...Southern Arizona is rich in mineral conmodities and has potential for the discovery of new ore deposits...potential for the Ajo and Lukeville 1Ā° by 2 quadrangles in southwestern Arizona, where porphyry copper, skarn...Phoenix, Ariz., and 60 km east of Yuma, Ariz. The Ajo 1Ā° by 2Ā° quadrangle is located between latitudes
Report (issue)
Director Professional Paper 209 THE AJO MINING DISTRICT ARIZONA BY JAMES GILLULY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...correlation .............................. Hospital porphyry ................................... Distribution...Faults of northeast trend near the Ajo Peaks. .......... Little Ajo Mountain fault........................... Minor faults possibly cognate with the Little Ajo Mountain fault ................................features ..................................... Mountains ............................................ Pediments
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t might...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally... The registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have provided...exist worldwide, are described here, but the Messina mine specimen illustrated as figure 1 is a fine example
Report (issue)
Waste Characterization of the Sonoran Region, Arizona U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1370-D...the States ofArizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah x^ .v ' ~ A%JJ&yb...Radioactive WasteCharacterization of the Sonoran Region, Arizona Edited by M.S. BEDINGER, K.A. SARGENT, and WILLIAM...cooperation with the States of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah UNITED...waste characterization of the Sonoran region, Arizona. (Geological Survey professional paper ; 1370-D)
Report (issue)
WASTE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SONORAN REGION, ARIZONA Edited by M.S. Bedinger, K.A. Sargent, and William...Alternates ARIZONA Member: Larry D. Fellows State Geologist and Assistant Director Arizona Bureau of Geology...Alternate: H. Wesley Peirce Principal Geologist Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Tucson... HEM Member: James M. Hill Chief, Bureau of Geology New Mexico Energy and Minerals Department Santa Fe f...f NM Alternate: Frank E. Kottlowski Director New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Socorro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3500 South Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com ARIZONA Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs Unless...crystals, 7.5 Ɨ 7.5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms)...related and are also appealing to many collectors. Arizona has numerous localities that have produced attractive... north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan photo. Barbara...minerals, has retired to Tucson and now writes about Arizona localities. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS Pseudomorphs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...Valley, Arizona 85737 TERRY C. WALLACE Department of Geosciences University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721...mines and prospects. Some of these mines, such as at Ajo, Clifton-Morenci, Globe-Miami, Superior, Ray, Jerome...of electricity,ā€ and the copper of Arizona was essential to the new industrialization. Copper was squarely...squarely at the center of power and politics in Arizona for the first thirty years of this century. Arizonaā€™s
Catalog/List
TO SCOTT WILLIAMS MINERAL 457 ā€¢ SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA PHONE (602) 945-0803 COMPANY 85252 SOUTHWEST...Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE
Journal (issue)
onbekend) van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Wandfoto museum Ajo, foto Ā© Rik Dillen...van de type-vindplaats, de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer details...Yistarite, Ti2O3, a new mineral from the Allende meteorite 845-848 Davisite, CaScAlSiO6, a new pyroxene from...from the Allende meteorite 720-727 Meurigite-Na, a new species, and the relationship between phosphofibrite...phosphofibrite and meurigite 746-750 Dmitryivanovite : a new mineral from the NW Africa 470CH3 chondrite characterized
Report (issue)
COMPILATION OF ISOTOPIC AGES WITHIN THE AJO 1Ā°X2Ā° QUADRANGLE, ARIZONA by R. M. Tosdal U.S. Geological Survey...Compilation of Isotopic Ages within the Ajo IĀ°x2Ā° quadrangle, Arizona by R. M. Tosdal U.S. Geological Survey...this report are located within the Ajo IĀ°x2Ā° quadrangle, Arizona. references. Isotopic ages were collected...with unpublished research projects, unpublished mining company reports, or missed during the Table 1...112Ā°52'53"W. K-Ar/Biotite quartz monzonlte (Hew Cornelia) 19.1+1.3 (L-844) (alteration age) HcDowell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...known to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many of the...Schuyler, Sommerville, and Flemington copper mines, New Jersey, where at one time cuprite was found locally...copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; the South Mountain...Mountain copper mines, Lehigh County, and at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; at Ducktown, Tennessee;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyrycopper ore bodiesat Ajo, Mineral Park, and Morenci, Arizona, and at Santa Rita, New Mexico, were determinedwith...interpretabledistributionof potassiumis presentat the New Corneliamine and at Morenci. The intensityof thorium...hydrothermalactivity, and supergene effects. Potassium at each mine is enriched as much as twice over similar barren...oœuraniumlessuseful. Gamma-raydetectionof thoriumappearsto be of little value. Introduction THE distributionof potassium...supergeneprocesses. It has long been recognizedthat the later mine whetherthis potassiumenrichmentresultsonly from
 
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