USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Christmas
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Banner District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-Mo-Bi-Pb-Zn-Be-W occurrence/mine with garnet abrasive, wollastonite and iron, located in the NW¼ sec. 29 & in sec. 30, T4S, R16E, 8 miles (ca. 13 km) N of Winkleman, 22 miles (ca. 35 km) S of Globe, on federal …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-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
- Cyprus Minerals Co. 9100 E. Mineral, Littleton Co 80112 · Historical operator · 1992
- Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc · Historical operator · 2010
- Inspiration Copper Resources · Historical operator
- Phelps Dodge Corp · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cuprite
- Magnetite
- Pyrite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
View all 40 reported minerals
- Cuprite
- Magnetite
- Pyrite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Copper
- Covellite
- Cubanite
- Dioptase
- Galena
- Hematite
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Pyrrhotite
- Sphalerite
- Tenorite
- Actinolite
- Andalusite
- Andradite
- Anhydrite
- Anthonyite
- Antigorite
- Apachite
- Apatite
- Azurite
- Baryte
- Biotite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Brucite
- Calcite
- Chabazite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcedony
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chalcotrichite
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 3 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 3 citations
- Christmas Mine
- Christmas Mine (1917)
- Christmas Mine (1957)
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 3326
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (21)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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