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Samsel Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026807
MRDS ID M000364
Record type Site
Current site name Samsel Mine
Related records 10233924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89152, 33.27842 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 10 MI S OF GLOBE ON SW SLOPE OF PINAL MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 014E 11 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY PREDOMINANTLY W PRODUCER IN CU-AU DISTRICT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Madera Formation;Schultze Granite;
    Rock description Madera Formation;Schultze Granite;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.89152, 33.27842
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Schultze Granite Dikes & Ne Trending Fault Fissures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Samsel Vein/Fault, Steep Dip

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25-30E
    Dip 80-85NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1958
Production years 1924-1940 (INTERMITTENTLY)

Mining district

District name Pinal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pinal Tungsten Mines, Inc.
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry E. Huffman
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 280 FT ADIT IN 1940. AREA HAS A SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS, AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS & PITS

Comments on development

  • 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, OWNER IN 1951 WAS FRANK SAMSEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM IC 8078, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1963, USGS BULL 1141-H.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILSON, 1941, P. 28-29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1924 (W)
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000364 WITH RECORD M000364 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEO ORE, USGS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000764 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL IS CHIEFLY QUARTZ AND PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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