Gilluly, J.; The Ajo Mining District, Arizona. USGS Prof. Paper 209, Washington, GPO,1946. Quarto, pp. vii, 112 pages, 27 plates, (including 10 in rear pocket) 12 figs., 8 tables. Includes a supplement to the professional paper with one page of text and five folded plates that is tipped in.
The work is complete and in the original tan title wraps. The binding is tight and clean with a very faint stamp of a mining bureau on the cover margin. The text, plates and maps and supplement are pristine. In near fine condition.
Gilluly completed a comprehensive survey of the Ajo District in southern Arizona.He provides a detailed description of the physiography, geology, stratigraphy and structural geology of the region. This is followed by a description to the metamorphic rocks, the ore bodies and their genesis. He provides a description of the mineralogy of the various ore bodies, a history of the mining in the region, describes the mines and focuses on the New Cornelia copper mine.
