Arizona · Graham County
Past Producer

Lone Star

Graham County, Arizona, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu-Au
Model78: Porphyry Cu-Au
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Bornite, Tetrahedrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Other materialsBrochantite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Rhyolite,Quartz Latite,Dacite,Quartz Diorite · Safford Meta-volcanics
Associated rockQuartz Diorite · Lone Star Pluton
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10209543
MRDS IDD000319
Alternate namesSafford Kennecott
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.93085, -109.62307
References
ROBINSON, R.F. AND COOK, A.,1966, THE SAFFORD COPPER DEPOSIT, LONE STAR MINING DISTRICT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA, IN: GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS Southwestern North America, EDITED BY TITLEY, S.R AND HICKS, C.L. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, TUCSON, ARIZ., P. 251-266SLOOP, JUNE 1,1967, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AVAIL FROM CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FED SCIENT AND TECH INFO, SPRINGFIELD VAKENNECOTT INVESTIGATES SOLUTION MINING POTENTIAL OF DEEP CU DEPOSIT E/MJ SEPT 1975 VOL 176 NO 9 P37KENNECOTT TRYING SOLUTION MINING AT SAFFORD PROSPECT, PAY DIRT 8/25/75 P42HANSEN, S AND RABB, D , SEEK PROFITABILITY ANSWER TO NUCLEAR IN-SITU COPPER LEACHING AT SAFFORD, WORLD MINING, JAN 1978,V 4 NO 1, P 24-27SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 11-30-96, P.6.SW PAY DIRT, 2-95, P.10A.Langton, J.M., and Williams, S.A., 1982, Structural, petrological and mineralogical controls for the Dos Pobres orebody, Lone Star mining district, Graham County, Arizona, in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America University of Arizona Press, Tucson pp 335-352Williams, S.A., and Forrester, J.D., 1995, Characteristics of porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 21?34The Lone Star and Safford webpages at portergeo.com contain geological descriptions. \nhttp://www.portergeo.com.au/JUST SIMPLY KENNECOTT, SALT LAKE CITY TRIBUNE, MARCH 19,1983.WORLD MINING MAGAZINE. MAY 1981, P. 51.PHELPS DODGE CORP SEC FM 10-K REPT. 12/31/93., P. 10.PHELPS DODGE CORP., 1994 10-K, P.14.PHELPS DODGE CORP. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.23.