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Chico Shunie Hills, Pima County, Arizona, United States

Type:	Mountain - an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more
Mindat.org Region:	Pima County, Arizona, USA
Region:	Pima County, Arizona, United States
Latitude:	32° 18' 31" N
Longitude:	112° 57' 7" W
Lat/Long (dec):	32.30867,-112.9521
Köppen climate type:	BWh : Hot deserts climate
Elevation:	581m
Mindat Feature ID:	5289527
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5289527:6
GUID:	b0b23b49-56bb-4a92-927b-242c60e6dab6

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Chico Shunie Hills, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 18' 38" N	112° 57' 7" W	0.2km (0.1 miles)
Chico Shunie, Chico Shunie Hills, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 19' 40" N	112° 56' 48" W	2.2km (1.4 miles)
San Antonio Mine (Clark Silica Mine; Sunshine Mine; San Antonio Mica Mine; Desert White Queen Mine; Crowler Nos. 1-4; Mica Mine; Valentina Mining claim), San Antonio group of claims, Chico Shunie, Chico Shunie Hills, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 19' 40" N	112° 57' 39" W	2.3km (1.4 miles)
Eighty-Five group, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 20' 57" N	112° 55' 18" W	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Copper Rose group, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 11" N	112° 55' 23" W	5.6km (3.5 miles)
Ajo Peak Mine, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 20' 20" N	112° 53' 48" W	6.2km (3.8 miles)
Cardigan Mine, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 20' 57" N	112° 53' 29" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Cardigan Peak, Chico Shunie Hills, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 51" N	112° 54' 35" W	7.3km (4.6 miles)
Copper Giant claims, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 17' 56" N	112° 52' 14" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Pinnacle Peak area, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 7" N	112° 52' 57" W	8.1km (5.0 miles)
Growler Mica Mine, Growler Mining District, Growler Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 14' 21" N	112° 54' 51" W	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Alfred group, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 0" N	112° 52' 28" W	8.6km (5.3 miles)
Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 6" N	112° 52' 32" W	8.6km (5.4 miles)
Arkansas Mountain, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 11" N	112° 52' 19" W	9.0km (5.6 miles)
Old Hickles property, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 22' 54" N	112° 54' 24" W	9.2km (5.7 miles)
Camelback Mountain, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 51" N	112° 52' 43" W	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Bluestone claims, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 18' 32" N	112° 51' 11" W	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Lime Hill, Growler Mining District, Growler Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 13' 38" N	112° 55' 14" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 20" N	112° 51' 53" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Ajo Consolidated Mine, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 17" N	112° 51' 42" W	9.9km (6.2 miles)
Copper Valley claims (Way Out claims; Kerns claims; Old Organ Pipe Cactus claims), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 23' 52" N	112° 55' 48" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Copper Valley claims (Way Out claims; Kerns claims; Old Organ Pipe Cactus claims), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 23' 52" N	112° 55' 48" W	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Ajo Cornelia Mine, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 20' 40" N	112° 50' 47" W	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Ajo placers, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 29" N	112° 51' 15" W	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Concentrator Hill, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 21' 47" N	112° 51' 23" W	10.9km (6.7 miles)
Bluebird Mine, Bates Well, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 12' 37" N	112° 56' 56" W	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Organ Pipe Trust group, Growler Mining District, Growler Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 12' 33" N	112° 56' 49" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Bluebird Mine group, Growler Mining District, Growler Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 12' 33" N	112° 56' 49" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Nelson-Ajo group (Mineral Trust Lode and Placer claim), Cababi Mining District (Comobabi Mining District), Comobabi Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 12' 29" N	112° 55' 14" W	11.5km (7.2 miles)
Right On group, Copper Valley claims (Way Out claims; Kerns claims; Old Organ Pipe Cactus claims), Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA	32° 24' 38" N	112° 55' 17" W	11.7km (7.3 miles)

View of the Ajo polymetallic mining area, in 1992.

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

New Cornelia Mine (2004)

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

Ajo Mine (1916 or earlier)

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

View of the Ajo polymetallic mining area, in 1992.

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

New Cornelia Mine (2004)

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

Ajo Mine (1916 or earlier)

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

View of the Ajo polymetallic mining area, in 1992.

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

New Cornelia Mine (2004)

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

Minerals recorded nearby (within 11.7 km)

ⓘ 'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'

ⓘ var: Chalcotrichite

ⓘ 'Erionite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ Ferrierite-Na

ⓘ 'Ferrierite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ 'Phillipsite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Sulphur

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 11.7 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico	Mountain Range
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Basin and Range Basins, North America Plate	Basin
Mojave Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Sonoran Desert, North America	Desert
USA	Country
Arizona, USA	State
Pima County, Arizona, USA	County

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