Two Peaks Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046272
MRDS ID M241158
Record type Site
Current site name Two Peaks Mine
Alternate or previous names Noriega, Buck, Boot Jack
Related records 10185685

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.42511, 31.77096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position APPROX. 1 MI. SE OF GRANITE PEAK IN THE WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 019E 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N. SEC. 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limesonte
    Rock description Naco Group Limesonte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.42511, 31.77096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITIC PORPHYRY GENERALLY OVERLIES NACOLIMESTONE *

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mine Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS 270 TO 280 FT LING, SHAFTS 36,55,60 AND 100 FT IN 1920

Comments on development

  • 45 CLAIMS IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK AND COPPER HANDBOOK, 1920, V. 14, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 179

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER AND SOME LEAD CARBONATES, OXIDES, AND SULFIDES, WEAKLY DISSEMINATED ALONG SEAMS AND FRACTURES IN LARAMIDE PORPHYRY DIKES AND IN ADJOINING LARAMIDE GRANITIC PORPHYRY, AND IN PYROMETASOMATIC LENSES ALONG STRONG SHEAR ZONES IN PENN-PERM LIMESTONE. MAIN SHEAR ZONE STRIKES S48W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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