Twin Peaks Mine

The Twin Peaks Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Twin Peaks Mine
Secondary: Fraser Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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: J. F. Fraser
Home Office: Daytona Beach, Florida
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Jack Hales And V.E. Teeter
Home Office: Bayard, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1946
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1912-1916, 1935, 1938, 1939, AND 1946.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN ALONG A BRECCIA ZONE ABOUT 5 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN THE 1910'S CONSISTED OF A 925 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 230 FT. TUNNEL AND A 220 FT. ADIT.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE YORK VALLEY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W., E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 195

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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