Childs-Aldwinkle Mine

Pinal County, Arizona, United States

MolybdenumCopperSilverGoldArsenicZincLeadBismuthAntimony

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Description

Located In 1905 By Aldwinkle, Grubstaked By Childs. Old Reliable discovered 1861-1865.

Commodities

PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper

SecondarySilver, Gold

TertiaryArsenic, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Antimony

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typePorphyry Cu

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formFUNNEL SHAPED, DOWNWARD TAPERING, ELLIPTICAL PIPE, Pipe, Breccia Fill, Pipe

Ore controlBreccia Pipes At Fault And Fracture Intersections

Materials

Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Wulfenite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chrysocolla, Olivenite, Tetrahedrite

GangueApatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite, Barite, Jarosite, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline

Geology

Host rockDiorite,Tuff,Latite

Associated rockDiorite · Copper Creek Granodiorite, A Porphyritic Biotite Granodiorite

StructureTertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Breccia Pipe In Strong E-W Vertical Faults And Fractures With N60e And N70w Strikes

Tectonic settingBasin & Range

AlterationSericite, Chlorite, Tourmaline, Silicification, Oxidation To Iron Oxides In Outcrop

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1890

Discovery year1883

Identification

Deposit ID10039463

MRDS IDM050120

Alternate namesCopper Creek, Chilos and Altwilkle, White Bear, Globe, Old Reliable, Copper Prince, American Eagle, Mammoth, Holly, Railroad, Keel

RegionNA

Data scoreA

Coordinates32.75316, -110.48235

References

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