The Starlight Mine is a copper mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.09278, -110.36361
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Starlight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starlight Mine
Secondary: Tri-Bullion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Stanley District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: USBM-ABGMT List As Past Operators; Dick N. Campbell, H.W. Wolfe, Pan Am Mining Co., Starlight Mining
Owner Name: Tribullion Smelting And Development Co. (-; Tri-Bullion Corp. ), G.L. Wright
Years: 1928 - 1928
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1886
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Paleozoic Beds Appear To Be Overturned
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz, Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763, P. 113-114.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 93.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USGS BULL. 763 , P. 113 ; ABM BULLETIN 140 , P. 93 .
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