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Gibbs Prospect

Past Producer in Hardeman county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022083
MRDS ID DE01902
Record type Site
Current site name Gibbs Prospect
Alternate or previous names Medicine Mounds Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.64677, 34.18817 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position GO 6.3 MI E. OF TEXAS HWY. 2568 (ON E. SIDE OF QUANAH) ON U.S. HWY. 287. TURN S. 4.6 MI TO RANCH HOUSE ON W. SIDE. TURN SW 0.7 MI FROM HOUSE TO INTERSECTION. TURN W. AND SW FOR 1 MI TO INTERSECTION. GO W. ABOUT 0.75 MI, THEN NW ABOUT 0.6 MI. WALK ABOUT 400 FT N OR NNE TO LOW ESCARPMENT. GIBBS PROSPECT SHOULD BE IN HILL AT APPROXIMATE ELEVATION OF 1500 FT. THIS SHOULD BE A 14-INCH SANDSTONE DEPOSIT IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardeman(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Groesbeck-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Red-Pease(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hardeman

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
}}} }}} 85}85}85}85 SW OF SE OF SW OF NW; W4 CORNER; NW OF SW OF SW OF NW; NE OF SE OF NE OF NW Texas

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON GIBBS PROSPECT. BLOCK H, WACO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD CO. SURVEY (GIBBS PROSPECT). SITE 34 (USBM, SAMPLE RAF-4) OF STROUD (1970, P. 38) (GALLOWAY, 1970, FIG. 4) (800 FT WSW OF GIBBS). SITE I-43 OF SMITH (1974, P. 63) (800 FT NW OF GIBBS PROSPECT). SITE 35 (USBM, SAMPLE RAF-5) OF STROUD (1970, P. 38), GALLOWAY (1970, FIG. 4), AND SMITH (1974, P. 63, SITE I-41) (2400 FT NE OF GIBBS MINE). CARL COKE RISTER (1941, P. 140) STATED THAT A SURVEYOR, E.A. REIMAN, IN 1883, SAW AN INSCRIPTION ON THE ENTRANCE TO A COPPER MINE NEAR MEDICINE MOUNDS READING, "MERCIA COSTELLO, SAN ANTONIO, A.D. 1847." MCCLELLAN (1877) IN HIS PROSPECTUS, ALSO MENTIONED THE MEDICINE MOUNDS DEPOSIT, AS QUOTED BY EWING (1954, P. 23). HALE (1977, P. 155, 206) SUMMARIZES THESE REPORTS. HENDERSON (1921, P. 721) MENTIONED THAT A CARLOAD OF COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM CHILLICOTHE IN 1917. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS (JAN. 20, 1918, SEC. 2, P. 6) REPORTED THAT THE COPPER MINES NEAR MEDICINE
  • MOUNDS WERE REOPENED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE SANDSTONE AND SHALE HORIZONS ARE NOT THE SAME. THEY ARE IN THE UPPER FLOWERPOT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.00% CU FROM 14-INCH SANDSTONE (SITE 34)
Result 0.18% CU FROM 10-INCH SHALE (SITE 35)
Result 0.70% CU IN 3.75-INCH SHALE (SITE I-43 OF SMITH, 1974, P. 63). 79.4% CU BY SCHOCH (1918, P. 203).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale (Upper)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.64677, 34.18817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nw, Off Matador Arch.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED SANDSTONE
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE}
    Dip 30 FT/MI OR LESS NW}
    Thickness 0.36M
  • Name UNNAMED SHALE
    General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 30 FT/MI OR LESS NW}
    Thickness 0.25M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929), SMITH (1974, PL. I), AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1848
Discoverer Mercia Costello Of San Antonio, Texas
Year of first production 1847
Year of last production 1918
Production years 1847-1918, IRREGULAR

Mining district

District name Medicine Mounds

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown Ranch
    Home office Robert E. Brown, Route 3, Quanah, Tx. 79252

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THESE COPPER BEDS PROBABLY EXTEND OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings GIBBS PROSPECT
    Area 259.008HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SIDE-HILL CUT; ONE ADIT; ONE SHALLOW SHAFT. MENTIONED BY STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37).

Comments on development

  • HENDERSON (1921): A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1917 FROM CHILLICOTHE. E.A. REIMAN, IN 1883, FOUND THE INSCRIPTION AT ENTRANCE TO SHAFT: "MERCIA COSTELLO, SAN ANTONIO, A.D. 1847," ACCORDING TO C.C. RISTER (1941, P. 140) AND QUOTED BY HALE (1977, P. 155, 206). MCCLELLAN (1877, PROSPECTUS) MENTIONED THE MEDICINE MOUNDS COPPER DEPOSITS, AS QUOTED BY EWING (1954, P. 23). ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1917-1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (PL. 18 SHOWS MINE IN GENERAL AREA).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1921A, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1917, PT. I, METALS, P. 721-722 (P. 721).

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • Deposit

    RISTER, C.C., 1941, LAND HUNGER: NORMAN, OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 140.

  • Deposit

    EWING, F.E., JR., 1954, COPPER MINING IN W. TEXAS: ABILENE, WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, YEARBOOK, V. 30, P. 17-29 (P. 23).

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 17, 37, 38).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 62-63, SITES I-H, I-41, I-43).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, MINING IN THE TEXAS FRONTIER: STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 155, 206).

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SCHOCH, E.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 111, 203).

  • Deposit

    DALLAS MORNING NEWS (JAN. 20, 1918), SEC. 2, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MCCLELLAN, G.B., 1877, PRIVATE PROSPECTUS (MENTIONS MEDICINE MOUNDS DEPOSITS).

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (FIG. 4).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 17, 37) IS REFERENCE. IN 1918, 100 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED. ONE SIDE-HILL CUT; ONE ADIT; ONE SHALLOW SHAFT. GALLOWAY (1970, FIG. 4) AND SMITH (1974, P. 62, PL. I-H) SHOW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN SEC. 85, BLK. H., W AND NW RAILROAD CO. SURVEY, ON BROWN RANCH. THE ORE WAS IN 10-14 INCHES OF SHALE AND SANDSTONE IN UPPER FLOWERPOT, AT ABOUT 1500 FT EL. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38), SAMPLES 34 AND 35, AND SMITH (1974, P. 63), SITE 43, ARE ALSO IN SEC. 85. THE PROSPECT WAS KNOWN IN 1847.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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