Gibson Mine

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

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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

Name: Gibson Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.33417, -110.94167

Satelite image of the Gibson Mine

Gibson Mine MRDS details

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

Holdings

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

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

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

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Ore: Pyrite

Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment Type: Workings	Comment: FOUR INCLINED SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, 6 LEVELS WITH RAISES AND STOPES. MAIN SHAFT ON SUMMIT VEIN.
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: 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 Type: Identification	Comment: *****SEE Related Deposits- Cyprus Miami, Deposit ID 10186051 Ray Mine, Deposit ID 10210616
Comment Type: Development	Comment: 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 Type: Deposit	Comment: 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 Type: Location	Comment: 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 Category: Geology Pages: 143?150	Reference: 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.
Reference Category: Geology	Reference: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference Category: Reserve-Resource	Reference: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR GIBSON MINE FILE
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: Peterson, N. P.,1963, Geology of the Pinal Ranch Quad, AZ:USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1963, P.11