USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Telfair Mine
Mindat Confirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Globe Hills District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Mn mine located in the SW¼SW¼ sec. 11, T1N, R15E, about 1 mile ENE of the Copper Hill ghost town site and about 0.8 miles E of Black Peak, on private land. Closed 1954. Located 1,600 feet NNE of the McGraw shaft. One of…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 600 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 16 shaft symbols
- 12 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: out 0.8 miles E of Black Peak, on private land. Closed 1954. Located 1,600 feet NNE of the McGraw shaft. One of... Historical context…
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Mrs. E. A. Borge · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrolusite
- Wad
- Pyrolusite
- Wad
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (16)
- mapped adit symbols (12)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61824
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (2)
- underground workings
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