TC-1-3-011: Cu ore - Ajo District - Ajo Mine

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Specimen NumberTC-1-3-011Alternate Number65-113CommentsHigh pocket from otherwise low grade system; lots of chalcopyrite + bornite in heavily altered felsic intrusive, probably quartz monzonite. Also secondary biotite and sericite.In Teaching CollectionYesMineral(s)bornitechalcopyritequartzsericiteRock NameCu oreDistrictAjoMineAjoExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypePorphyry CopperReference MaterialACL-120: Thomas, W.J., Dixon, D.W., and Couzens, T.R., 1964, AIME Guidebook, Ajo Mine, AZ section AIME Mining Geology Division.

ACL-128: Mine staff, New Cornelia Mine, 1952, Ajo Porphyry Copper, AZ Geol. Soc. Guidebook for Field Trip Excursions in southern Arizona, April 10-14, 1952, Tucson, Arizona.

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TC-1-3-011: Cu ore - Ajo District - Ajo Mine