Mine detail: Twig Mine

Previously called 'Hogan Twigg Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.21177, -109.36454

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Lead
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Anglesite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Pyromorphite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1948

Geology

Host rock:Longfellow Limestone;Coronado Quartzite;Pinal Schist
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Andesite And Rhyolite Volcanics
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Ne Trending Fault, Block Faulting With 500-600 Ft Downthrow On West Side Of Twig Mine Deposits
Tectonic:Transition Zone Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:Contact Alterration Of Precambrian Sediments To Metaquartzite Schist Host Rock

References

MRDSM800164
DEP10048132
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: MOOLICK, R.T., AND DUREK, J.J., 1966, THE MORENCI DISTRICT, IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, EDITED BY TITLEY AND HICKS.}{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905).}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Calder, Susan R.