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Teapot Copper Mine (Teapot Copper Corp. property), Teapot Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Teapot Copper Mine (Teapot Copper Corp. property)Mine
Teapot MountainMountain
Pinal CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 11' 30'' North , 111° 0' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.19167,-111.00083
GeoHash:
G#: 9tchf47em
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Superior2,943 (2017)14.4km
Kearny2,038 (2017)17.2km
Top-of-the-World231 (2011)17.6km
Miami1,783 (2017)26.1km
Claypool1,538 (2011)28.5km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Gila County Gem & Mineral SocietyMiami, Arizona26km
Mindat Locality ID:
68695
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:68695:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former surface and underground Cu prospect located in sec. 10, T3S, R13E, on Teapot Mountain, about 3 miles WSW of Scott Mountain, NNE of the Ray Mine lookout, on land of mixed status. Owners included the Teapot Copper Corp.; C.C. Richlie of Arizona (1948). Owned by Kennecott Copper Corp. of Arizona (1980) and more recently by ASARCO. This prospect is at the N end of the Ray Mine complex.

A Cu mine located in the NE¼ sec. 10, T3S, R13E (Teapot Mountain 7.5 minute topo map).

Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals

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Link to USGS MRDS:10113399

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References

USGS Teapot Mountain Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10113399, MAS ID #0040210830.
Niemuth, Nyal J., Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.15 - Table 1
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