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Molybdenite from
Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite, etc.

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite, etc.

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
01618290017271948377207.jpg
Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Molybdenite, etc.

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Rhenium-bearing Molybdenite

Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:61 Ma
Minimum recorded age:60.4 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
161 to 60.4 MaPaleocene - Re-Os
Sample references:
1 -
Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V. A., Ochoa-Landin, L., Chesley, J. T., Zurcher, L. (2005) Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite. Economic Geology, 100 (8) 1605-1616 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605
Comments:Prin. ore min.; at one time considered to be among the highest Re contents known (320-580 ppm).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3
Muscovite1
- var Sericite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs and Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:989574
Long-form Identifier:1:3:989574:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘOld Reliable Mine (Reliable Mine; Calumet Mine; Clark-Scanlon group; Copper Creek Mining Co. property), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘCopper Prince Mine, Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘAmerican Eagle Mine (American Eagle Basin), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘSan Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘKalamazoo orebody, San Manuel Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) ⓘFord Mine, Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘRedington, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘLittle Hill Mine, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) ⓘStratton Mine (Old Hat Mine), Stratton-Daily Camp, Mount Bigelow, Pima County, Arizona, USA
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘKorn Kob Mine, Buchman Canyon, Redington Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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