Starlight Mine (Tri-Bullion Mine; Arizona claims; Wright claims; Will Ryan group; Tribullion M and S Co. property; patented claims MS 2372), Kelly Gulch, Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

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A former underground Cu-Ag-Pb-Au-Zn-Sb mine located in 10 miles N of Aravaipa. Discovered in 1886. Produced 1906-1969. Owned by the Tribullion Smelting and Development Co. (Tri-Bullion Corp.), Mr. G.L. Wright (1928). Past operators include Mr. Dick N. Campbell; Mr. H.W. Wolfe; Pan Am Mining Co.; and the Starlight Mining Co.

Mineralization is an irregular ore body in a replacement deposit. Ore concentration was hydrothermal.

Area structures include Paleozoic beds that appear to be overturned.

References

Stevens, H.J. (1906) The Copper Handbook, Vol. IV: 984.

Ross, Clyde P. (1925) Geology and ore deposits of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts, Graham County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 763: 113-114.

Elsing and Heineman (1936) Arizona Metal Production Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 140: 93.

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology file data.

Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 745.

USGS San Carlos Reservoir Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Starlight file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.

MRDS database Dep. D #10027110, MRDS D #M002128; and Dep. ID #10137855, MAS ID #0040090326.

Mineral List

Anglesite Calcite Chalcopyrite

'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Cuprite

Epidote Galena Malachite

Tenorite

10 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.