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Telfair Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109037
MRDS ID M003103
Record type Site
Current site name Telfair Mine
Related records 10234155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75402, 33.43952 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MILES EAST OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 11 SW OF SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75402, 33.43952
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Part Of A Fault Fissure.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. E. A. Borge

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.3 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 22wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 387.1M
    Overall depth 158.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT 250 FT DEEP WAS SUNK WHILE EXPLORING FOR COPPER IN THE EARLY 1900'S. A SHAFT OF 80 FT DEEP WAS SUNK IN THE 1950'S ON THE MANGANESE VEIN WHILE PROSPECTING FOR SILVER. MOST OF THE MANGANESE WAS MINED FROM SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • THE TELFAIR IS ONE OF A GROUP OF CLAIMS FORMERLY BELONGING TO THE ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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