Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlIn 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
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Pinal Schist
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Schultze Granite
StructureN 25 E Trending Veins With Nw Dip Other Ne Trending Veins Nw Of Mineralized Veins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Last production1975
Identification
Deposit ID10104088
MRDS IDM241234
Alternate namesKuno, Pasquale, Summit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.33425, -110.94236
References
Peterson, N. P.,1963, Geology of the Pinal Ranch Quad, AZ:USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1963, P.11ADMR GIBSON MINE FILEABGMT-USBM FILE DATAABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEThe Gibson geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 \nhttp://www.portergeo.com.au/index.aspOlmstead, 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.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.