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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Calcite, etc.

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

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Calcite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Comments:	Not conspicuous though widespread in small amounts in ore. Some seems to represent a replacement product; most clearly occupies fissures. Coats ankerite; occurs with laumontite in andesite dikes.
Habit:	Scalenohedral (late hypogene); flat rhombohedral (nail-head)(late supergene).
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Ankerite Dolomite Ferrierite Subgroup Laumontite Quartz Sericite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprite	18
- var Chalcotrichite	14
Hematite	8
Native Copper	8
Azurite	1
Muscovite	1
- var Sericite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	46697
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:46697:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Copper Giant claims, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite

2.4km (1.5 miles)	ⓘ Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles)	ⓘ Copper Giant claims, New Cornelia Mine area, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles)	ⓘ Gunsight Mine, Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles)	ⓘ Morning Star Mine (Morning Star and Crescent Mines; Crescent Mine; Crescent et al group), Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles)	ⓘ Ajo Gunsight Mine, Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles)	ⓘ Black Bess Mine group (Submarine group; War Eagle group; Mary A Mine), Gunsight Mining District (Meyer Mining District), Pima County, Arizona, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles)	ⓘ Victoria Mine, Lukeville, Montezuma Mining District (Puerto Blanco Mountains Mining District), Puerto Blanco & Sonoyta Mountains, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USA
55.2km (34.3 miles)	ⓘ Rasmussen Mine, Cabeza Prieta Game Range, O'Neill Hills, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
58.0km (36.0 miles)	ⓘ Tres Metals Mine (Five Metals Mine), Brownell Mountains, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles)	ⓘ Papago Mine (Papago Gold Mining Co. property; Mitke property; Davis property; Casa Grande claims), Kohatk Wash, Sif Vaya area, Vekol Mining District, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Gilluly, J. (1946), The Ajo mining district, Arizona, USGS PP 209: 91. *Thomas, William J., Gibbs, Ronald B. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: The New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (5) 283-298* *Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona* (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.**pages 114, 220

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

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