Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 41346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Creek Shaft

Latitude: 32°45'32"N
Longitude: 110°28'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.758888888889,-110.47916666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Markascherite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite
Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	61	60.4	0		246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	61	60.4	0		5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	61	60.4	0		413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	61	60.4	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	61	60.4	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	61	60.4	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61	60.4	0		27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	61	60.4	0		295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	61	60.4	0		3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	61	60.4	0		151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	61	60.4	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	61	60.4	0		2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	61	60.4	0		910
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	61	60.4	0		345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	61	60.4	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	61	60.4	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	61	60.4	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	61	60.4	0		14640
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	61	60.4	0		21
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61	60.4	0		12537
Markascherite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(MoO₄)(OH)₄	61	60.4	0		1
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	61	60.4	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61	60.4	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	61	60.4	0		2349
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	59	57	1	145545	40
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	61	60.4	0		494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	61	60.4	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61	60.4	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	61	60.4	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61	60.4	0		61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	61	60.4	0		454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	61	60.4	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	61	60.4	0		4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	61	60.4	0		2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	61	60.4	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	61	60.4	0		21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	61	60.4	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	61	60.4	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	61	60.4	0		5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	61	60.4	0		1059
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	61	60.4	0		1655

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000360	67.4	64.2	65.8±1.6	K-Ar	Late-stage age of Copper Creek Granodiorite mineralization which contains the sulpher mineralization		UAKA-71-17	Yes				7835	Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
Mo-00105	61	60.4	60.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	CC-1	Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	7835	Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
EG94_211-00044	62	62	62	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C22	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00045	57	57	57±	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C31	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00046	52	52	52	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C43	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00686	59	57	59–57					Yes		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00244	61	60.4	61–60.4	Re-Os		molybdenite			Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite, Markascherite	Mo	41346	Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Childs-Aldwinkle Mine	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110045	Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110045
R110061	Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110061
R100030	Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R100030

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