USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Childs-Aldwinkle Mine
Unconfirmed Molybdenum Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Mining district
- Bunker Hill District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Molybdenum
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Copper Creek, Chilos and Altwilkle, White Bear, Globe, Old Reliable, Copper Prince, American Eagle, Mammoth, Holly, Railroad, Keel
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 16 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Copper States Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Siskon Corp. · Historical operator · 2009
- Rancher's Exploration and Development Co. · Source-reported owner
- AMT Inetrnational Mining Corp. · Historical operator · 1997
- Arizona Molybdenum Corp. · Historical operator
- Calumet and Ariz Mining Co · Historical operator · 1909
- Redhawk Resources Inc. · Historical operator · 2009
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Apatite
- Barite
- Biotite
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Gypsum
- Jarosite
- Orthoclase
View all 35 reported minerals
- Apatite
- Barite
- Biotite
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Gypsum
- Jarosite
- Orthoclase
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rutile
- Sericite
- Specularite
- Tourmaline
- Atacamite
- Bornite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Copper
- Covellite
- Cuprite
- Enargite
- Ferrimolybdite
- Galena
- Gold
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Olivenite
- Silver
- Sphalerite
- Tennantite
- Tetrahedrite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (16)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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