We present the detection and analysis of a weak low-ionization absorber at $z = 0.121221424+240$, using spectroscopic data from both /COS and STIS. The absorber is a weak Mg II analogue, with incidence of weak C II and Si II, along with multi-component C IV and O VI. The low ions are tracing a dense ( cm) parsec scale cloud of solar or higher metallicity. The kinematically coincident higher ions are either from a more diffuse ( cm) photoionized phase of kiloparsec scale dimensions, or are tracing a warm (T K) collisionally ionized transition temperature plasma layer. The absorber resides in a galaxy overdense region, with 18 luminous ($> L^*5750^{-1}$ of the absorber. The multi-phase properties, high metallicity and proximity to a galaxy, at kpc and km s separation, favors the possibility of the absorption tracing circumgalactic gas. The absorber serves as an example of weak Mg II - O VI systems as a means to study multiphase high velocity clouds in external galaxies.

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