The Twig Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,480 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
Elevation: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.21167, -109.36389
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Twig Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Twig Mine
Secondary: Hogan Twigg Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hogan, J. A.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Fault
Type: L
Description: Block Faulting With 500-600 Ft Downthrow On West Side Of Twig Mine Deposits
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Alterration Of Precambrian Sediments To Metaquartzite Schist Host Rock
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyromorphite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PINAL SCHIST IS HEAVILY SHATTERED AND FOLDED; REGIONAL EXPOSURE OF PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST DUE TO EROSION OF TERTIARY VOLCANICS; BALLS OF GALENA WEIGH UP TO 500 LB.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41? (1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.A. HOGAN, LEWIS A. SMITH, EDWARD FITZGERALD, BRYCE WILLIS; NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FROM 1927 TO 1947
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS LISTED AS TWIG I, TWIG II, TWIG III
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS ARE 75 FT IN DIAMETER WITH 20 FT MAXIMUM DEPTH; ONE SHAFT WITH DEPTH OF 65 FT; ONE TUNNEL IS 125 FT BELOW SURFACE AND IS 120 FT LONG.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905).
Reference (Deposit): MOOLICK, R.T., AND DUREK, J.J., 1966, THE MORENCI DISTRICT, IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, EDITED BY TITLEY AND HICKS.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
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