Teller Claim

The Teller Claim is a manganese mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,650 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Teller Claim  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

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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