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Gibson Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104088
MRDS ID M241234
Record type Deposit
Current site name Gibson Mine
Alternate or previous names Kuno, Pasquale, Summit

Comments on the site identification

  • *****SEE Related Deposits- Cyprus Miami, Deposit ID 10186051
    Ray Mine, Deposit ID 10210616

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.94236, 33.33425 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Midway between the Cyprus Miami-Inspiration deposits and the deposits at Ray, 1mi ENE of Lost Horse Spring, 2 mi ESE of Five Point Mtn.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 014E 21 SE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 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)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock type qualifier porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry.
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, and fine grained amphibole schist.
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.94236, 33.33425
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 25 E Trending Veins With Nw Dip Other Ne Trending Veins Nw Of Mineralized Veins
Type of structure Local
Structure name NE-trending vertical fault
Type of structure Local
Structure name W to NW-trending fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 35 TO 55 NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Three Lenticular Shoots, Separated By Intervals In Which Vein Fracture Is Obscure And Practically Barren Of Ore Minerals. Rolls And Folds In Veins Favorable For Deposition
  • shear zone trending N48?E, 65?NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1975

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Geoprocessco., Inc, And Arizona Gold And Silver Co, 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1937-1953
    Material 260.000 lbs Cu (from dumps)\nUSBM
  • Year 1963
    Period 1906-1918
    Material 12 million lbs Cu (estimated production)\nPeterson, 1963
    Accuracy Estimate

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Total resources 39000000mt
    Remarks Long, 1995
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.4 wt-pct Copper Primary 1995

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR INCLINED SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, 6 LEVELS WITH RAISES AND STOPES. MAIN SHAFT ON SUMMIT VEIN.

Comments on 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    ADMR GIBSON MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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