The Two Queens Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,569 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,569 Feet (783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.02417, -110.69833
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Two Queens Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Queens Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Saddle Mountain 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
Owner Name: Central Mining And Development Co. , Frank Hubbell
Years: 1906 - 1908
Owner Name: Central Mining And Development Co.
Years: 1908 - 1912
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1934
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Quartz Diorite Intrusions, Andesite Strikes Nw Dips 12 Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): 9 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Production): GOLD ORE IN EARLY PRODUCTION YEARS- 16 DOLLARS/T AU, 10% CU. THRE SMALL LOTS OF ORE REPORTED FOR 1906-1908
Comment (Deposit): 4 NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS AND ONE CROSS VEIN. METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT OF VOLCANIC ROCK AND VOLCANIC SEDIMENTS BY ORE MINERALS
Comment (Workings): 1 SHAFT WITH 2 100 FT CROSSCUTS OFF IT, TUNNEL 400 FT LONG WITH 90 FT WINZE OFF IT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS. MINE ALSO HAS SHAFTS OF 21, 38, 50, 155, AND 184 FT DEPTHS
Comment (Geology): RELATED IN AGE AND TYPE OF MINERALIZATION TO CHRISTMAS MINE, 3MILES NW IN GILA COUNTY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #684
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): THE COPPER HANDBOOK, 1908. STEVENS, P. 504-1912-1913,WEED, P.223
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY S.C. AND KISTLER R.W, 1962. USGS PP 450-D, P. D1-D5.
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