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Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

A mining district located in T5-6S, R25-27E, in the Gila Mountains and extending westward into the Gila River Valley (Gila Valley).
A Cu mining district located in T5-6S, R25-27E in the Gila Valley and Gila Mountains east of the Santa Teresa Mountains and the Pinaleño Mountains.



References:
Tenney, J.R. (1928), The mineral industries of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 125: 77.

Hutton, C.O. (1959b), An occurrence of pseudomalachite at Safford, Arizona, American Mineralogist: 44: 1298-1301.

Wilson, E.D., Cunningham, J.B., and Butler, G.M. (1934), Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining (revised 1967), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 137: 192.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 115, 142, 213.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alunite
Anglesite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)

Atacamite
'Bentonite'
Beryl
Biotite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony
var: Fire Agate'

Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Delafossite
Endellite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Halloysite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Molybdenite
Natrodufrénite
Neotocite
Opal
var: Diatomite

Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumice'
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Chert

'Sericite'
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Turquoise


104 entries listed. 38 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Arizona
    • Graham Co.
      • Gila Mts
        • Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District)
          • Chelsea Wash
          • Dry Mine Wash
          • Gila Valley
            • Bates Draw
              • western Gila Mountains foothills
            • Graham
              • Chelsea Wash area
            • Pima
            • San Jose
            • Sanchez
            • Thatcher
          • Lone Star
          • Peterson Wash
          • Sanchez
          • Solomon Pass
          • Weber Peak

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