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Two Queens Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048326
MRDS ID M899903
Record type Site
Current site name Two Queens Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69902, 33.02426 (WGS84)
Elevation 783
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF LEE MOUNTAIN (ELV.3786)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christmas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 016E 3 N2 OR N2 OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Quartz Diorite Intrusions, Andesite Strikes Nw Dips 12 Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATED IN AGE AND TYPE OF MINERALIZATION TO CHRISTMAS MINE, 3MILES NW IN GILA COUNTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Saddle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Central Mining And Development Co. , Frank Hubbell
    First year 1906
    Last year 1908
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Mining And Development Co.
    First year 1908
    Last year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD ORE IN EARLY PRODUCTION YEARS- 16 DOLLARS/T AU, 10% CU. THRE SMALL LOTS OF ORE REPORTED FOR 1906-1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT WITH 2 100 FT CROSSCUTS OFF IT, TUNNEL 400 FT LONG WITH 90 FT WINZE OFF IT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS. MINE ALSO HAS SHAFTS OF 21, 38, 50, 155, AND 184 FT DEPTHS

Comments on development

  • 9 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #684

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    THE COPPER HANDBOOK, 1908. STEVENS, P. 504-1912-1913,WEED, P.223

  • Deposit

    CREASEY S.C. AND KISTLER R.W, 1962. USGS PP 450-D, P. D1-D5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS AND ONE CROSS VEIN. METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT OF VOLCANIC ROCK AND VOLCANIC SEDIMENTS BY ORE MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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