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Teller Claim

Past Producer in Pinal 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103746
MRDS ID M050194
Record type Site
Current site name Teller Claim
Alternate or previous names Santa Rosa Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76627, 32.64538 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Relative position 14 MILES SW OF ELOY, ARIZ. ON WEST FLANK OF SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Reef Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 006E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt, Basalt, Tuff And Agglomerate
    Rock description Basalt, Basalt, Tuff And Agglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76627, 32.64538
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MN OCCURS ALONG VEIN IN VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Fred Andrade, Casa Grande, Ariz.
Year of first production 1954
Production years 1954

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Andrade
    Home office Casa Grande, Az.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 130M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CONTINUOUS OPENCUT 130 FT. LONG OF MAXIMUM DEPTH 10 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EASY ACCESS BY ROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, I.C. 799

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., ET. AL., 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1956 CLAIM RELOCATED AND NAME CHANGED TO SANTA ROSA CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ONE VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 150 FT. AT SW END THE VEIN SPLITS INTO NUMEROUS NARROW STRINGERS. ORE OCCURS AS LENTICULAR MASSES AND STRINGERS ALONG VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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