Mine detail: Gibson Mine

Previously called 'SummitPasqualeKuno'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.33425, -110.94236

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Malachite
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Schultze Granite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	N 25 E Trending Veins With Nw Dip Other Ne Trending Veins Nw Of Mineralized Veins

References

MRDS	M241234
DEP	10104088
Reference	{Deposit:: Peterson, N. P.,1963, Geology of the Pinal Ranch Quad, AZ:USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1963, P.11}{Deposit:: ADMR GIBSON MINE FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{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.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.