Twin Peaks Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013282
MRDS ID D009500
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Peaks Mine
Alternate or previous names Fraser Mine
Related records 10174930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.0362, 32.934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT 46 MILES N 76 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 021W 08 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE YORK VALLEY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0362, 32.934

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Hales And V.E. Teeter
    Home office Bayard, N.M.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Fraser
    Home office Daytona Beach, Florida
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1912-1916, 1935, 1938, 1939, AND 1946.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 281.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN THE 1910'S CONSISTED OF A 925 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 230 FT. TUNNEL AND A 220 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W., E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 195

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN ALONG A BRECCIA ZONE ABOUT 5 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references