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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

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alunite
Anglesite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Atacamite
'Bentonite'
Beryl
Biotite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Delafossite
Endellite
Epidote
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Halloysite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Natrodufrénite
Neotocite
Opal
var: Diatomite

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

var: Fire Agate
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Turquoise


61 entries listed. 38 valid minerals.

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