Two Peaks Mine

The Two Peaks Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Two Peaks Mine
Secondary: Noriega
Secondary: Buck
Secondary: Boot Jack

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mine Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Location): N. SEC. 20.

Comment (Development): 45 CLAIMS IN 1920

Comment (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

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS 270 TO 280 FT LING, SHAFTS 36,55,60 AND 100 FT IN 1920

Comment (Geology): GRANITIC PORPHYRY GENERALLY OVERLIES NACOLIMESTONE *

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 91.

Reference (Deposit): MINES HANDBOOK AND COPPER HANDBOOK, 1920, V. 14, W.H. WEED, EDITOR, P. 179

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

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