Gibson Mine

The Gibson Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Gibson Mine
Secondary: Kuno
Secondary: Pasquale
Secondary: Summit

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Summit 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: Geoprocessco., Inc, And Arizona Gold And Silver Co, 1972

Production

Year: 1963
Time Period: 1937-1953
Material type: 260.000 lbs Cu (from dumps) USBM
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1906-1918
Material type: 12 million lbs Cu (estimated production) Peterson, 1963

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1975
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Structure: W to NW-trending fault

Type: L
Description: N 25 E Trending Veins With Nw Dip Other Ne Trending Veins Nw Of Mineralized Veins

Type: L
Structure: NE-trending vertical fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Description: porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry.
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, and fine grained amphibole schist.
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): FOUR INCLINED SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, 6 LEVELS WITH RAISES AND STOPES. MAIN SHAFT ON SUMMIT VEIN.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH SCHULTZE GRANITE INTRUSION, 1 TO 1/2 MILES N, NW AND W. PASQUALE VEIN IS NOT CONFORMABLE TO THE BEDDING OF THE SCHIST. SUMMIT VEIN IS CLOSELY CONFORMABLE.

Comment (Identification): *****SEE Related Deposits- Cyprus Miami, Deposit ID 10186051 Ray Mine, Deposit ID 10210616

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED: GIBSON CONSOLIATED COPPER CO (MAIN PRODUCER). BELLVUE COPPER CO, PASQUALE COPPER CO, A.P. PEAKE AND H.E. BIERCE, 1917, KUNO MINES CO, SUMMIT COPPER MINES, MILLER AND KEYES, 1929, BEN HENDERSON, RAY PATTERSON, ROSE FINLEY, TADICH AND HAYMAN, SULTAN AND WAYNE, ELTON CLARK, AND LOUISE KEUHNE. 16 PATENTED AND 53 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1972

Comment (Deposit): SUMMIT VEIN N55W, BUT DIP DETAIL VERY IRREGULAR. ROLLS IN VEIN FAVORABLE FOR ORE DEPOSITION. PASQUALE VEIN N35W, MORE LINEAR, FAULT ZONE 3-10 FT WIDE. VEINS PARALLEL

Comment (Location): AT BELLVUE TOWN SITE, 1 1/2 MILES E OF PINAL COUNTY LINE, 1/4 MILE W OF PINTO CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Geology): Olmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press.
Pages: 143?150

Reference (Geology): The Gibson geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp
URL: http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR GIBSON MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): Peterson, N. P.,1963, Geology of the Pinal Ranch Quad, AZ:USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1963, P.11

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