Ajo District

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Gemstone, Zinc, Molybdenum, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000281
MRDS ID D002165
Record type District
Current site name Ajo District
Alternate or previous names New Cornelia, Ajo Extension, Ajo Cornelia Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86744, 32.3668 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ajo South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tenmile Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Gemstone Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86744, 32.3668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name AJO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 ORRIS, GRETA J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.