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Ilmenite from
Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA


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Ilmenite

Phelps Dodge Corporation Well No. 1, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Ilmenite

Phelps Dodge Corporation Well No. 1, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Ilmenite

Phelps Dodge Corporation Well No. 1, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Comments:Both pri. constit. Cornelia Quartz Monzonite & by alt. of titanite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:203327
Long-form Identifier:1:3:203327:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Ilmenite in this Region
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘNew Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
72.8km (45.2 miles) ⓘStepp - Laive occurrence, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘHorseshoe Basin occurrence (Ballam occurrence), Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
References
Gilluly, J. (1937), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 141.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.258
 
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