Mine detail: Gibbs Prospect

Previously called 'Medicine Mounds Prospect'

Location:	Hardeman County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.18817, -99.64677
dep_id:	10022083
mrds_id:	DE01902
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue:	Sandstone, Shale
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
arock_type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nw, Off Matador Arch.
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced:	1847
yr_lst_prd:	1918
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1848
prod_yrs:	1847-1918, IRREGULAR
discr:	Mercia Costello Of San Antonio, Texas
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).