Mine detail: Gibbs Prospect

Previously called 'Medicine Mounds Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.18817, -99.64677

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone, Shale
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1848

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1847-1918, IRREGULAR
First production started: 1847
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Associated type:Evaporite
Structure:Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nw, Off Matador Arch.
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01902
DEP10022083
Reference{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).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.