The Teller Claim is a manganese mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,650 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: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.64528, -111.76556
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Teller Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Teller Claim
Secondary: Santa Rosa Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Sawtooth District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Andrade
Home Office: Casa Grande, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: EASY ACCESS BY ROAD
Comment (Workings): ONE CONTINUOUS OPENCUT 130 FT. LONG OF MAXIMUM DEPTH 10 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MN OCCURS ALONG VEIN IN VOLCANIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): 1956 CLAIM RELOCATED AND NAME CHANGED TO SANTA ROSA CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (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.
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., ET. AL., 1961
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, I.C. 799
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L. STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990
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