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Two Peaks Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185685
MRDS ID M241158
MAS/MILS ID 0040030342
Record type Site
Current site name Two Peaks Mine
Alternate or previous names Boot Jack, Noriega, Buck, Black Oak, Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit
Related records 10046272

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.42897, 31.76823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1880
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 019 S 019 E 20 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.42897, 31.76823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Two Peaks Mining Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1922

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Description Copper Ore 1 Carload
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1CARLOAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    MCOLLY, R. A., AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 129-82,

  • Deposit

    P. 5.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL 15, INTL ED.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL 16, INTL ED.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 9-10.

  • Deposit

    DERUYTER, V. D., 1979, GEOL. OF THE GRANITE PEAK STOCK

  • Deposit

    AREA, WHETSTONE MTNS, MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., FIG. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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