Relatively scarce in this porphyry orebody. Particularly abundant in dioritic border facies; also in Concentrator volcanics as a few fine crystal groups. Veinlets to 2 - 3 cm thick and discrete grains in silicates, quartz, and magnetite.

Habit:

Crystals to 1 cm, bounded by pyritohedral and cubic faces.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Bornite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Hematite
Magnetite
Posnjakite
Quartz
Sericite

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Anhydrite

ⓘ2 photos of Pyrite associated with Anhydrite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Pyrite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

46682

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:46682:6

GUID (UUID V4):

e526cb07-0693-4449-9772-6d5845b61102

Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite

44.7km (27.8 miles)

ⓘ Bell and Unnamed prospects, Pima County, Arizona, USA

65.7km (40.8 miles)

ⓘ Cara Vaca Mine (Knight Mine), Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

68.9km (42.8 miles)

ⓘ St. Patrick Mine, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

69.3km (43.1 miles)

ⓘ Brownell Mine (Century-Chief Mine; Index group; Dandy Mine), Brownell Mountains, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

71.7km (44.6 miles)

ⓘ Ballas Silver-Lead Mine, Ballas Mine area, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

71.7km (44.6 miles)

ⓘ Ballas Mine area, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

72.4km (45.0 miles)

ⓘ Black Prince Mine (Silver Bullion Mine), Sierra Blanca Mountain, Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

75.8km (47.1 miles)

ⓘ Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Yuma County, Arizona, USA

78.7km (48.9 miles)

ⓘ Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

80.4km (50.0 miles)

ⓘ Vekol Hills project (Vekol Hills; Newmont Vekol), Kohatk, Vekol Mining District, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

References

Gilluly, J. (1937), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 141: 68-75, 79-81.

Thomas, William J., Gibbs, Ronald B. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: The New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (5) 283-298

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 341

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