The Ajo Extension is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.30889, -112.85361
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Ajo Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajo Extension
Secondary: Bluestone Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Ajo District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY RELATED TO NEW CORNELIA ORE BODY
Comment (Workings): DRILLING PROGRAM ONLY
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY IS SPECULATED FROM NEW CORNELIA AREA ( 3 MILES NORTH ).
Comment (Deposit): IDLE IN 1942 . ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1968, TABULATION OF SELECTED COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE US: USBM (UNPUBLISHED)
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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