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Santa Teresa Mine (Fairview prospect; Santa Anita Mine), Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USAi
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Santa Teresa Mine (Fairview prospect; Santa Anita Mine)Mine
AravaipaTown (Former)
Aravaipa Mining DistrictMining District
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 57' 59'' North , 110° 21' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.96639,-110.36278
GeoHash:
G#: 9tce89k70
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bylas1,962 (2011)29.3km
Mammoth1,487 (2017)37.5km
Fort Thomas374 (2011)37.9km
Winkelman346 (2017)38.1km
Dudleyville959 (2011)38.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
67672
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:67672:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former underground Pb-Cu-Zn mine located in the SE¼NE¼SE¼ sec. 26, T5S, R19E (Cobre Grande Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), on land of mixed status. Owned and operated by Messrs. Chas. Bush and Paul Merrill of Arizona (1951); and, by Mr. Lon Rutledge of Arizona (1955).

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.

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Link to USGS MRDS:10209516

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Santa Teresa file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10209516, MAS ID #0040090304.
Simons, F.S. (1964) Geology of the Klondyke Quadrangle Graham and Pinal Counties. USGS Professional Paper 461: 133.
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.8 - Table 1
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