Teapot Copper Mine (Teapot Copper Corp. property), Teapot Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 11' 30'' North , 111° 0' 3'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 33.19167,-111.00083 |
| Other regions containing this locality: | Sonoran Desert, North America |
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
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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Regional Geology
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| Quaternary - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3185380 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Statherian 1600 - 1800 Ma ID: 2853721 | Early Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks Age: Statherian (1600 - 1800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Pinal Schist; Yavapai Supergroup; Tonto Basin Supergroup; Vishnu Schist Description: Metasedimentary rocks, mostly derived from sandstone and shale, with minor conglomerate and carbonate rock. Includes quartz-rich, mostly nonvolcanic Pinal Schist in southeastern Arizona and variably volcanic-lithic sedimentary rocks in the Yavapai and Tonto Basin supergroups in central Arizona. (1600-1800 Ma) Lithology: Major:{metasedimentary,schist}, Minor:{conglomerate,carbonate,sedimentary} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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