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Samoa Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027752
MRDS ID M004035
Record type Site
Current site name Samoa Mine
Alternate or previous names Samoa No. 1 & 2, Fourth of March, Mountain Dew
Related records 10186217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14608, 35.40808 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF CHLORIDE, 0.8 MI NNW OF CHERUM PEAK, HEAD OF SAMOA WA SH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N;023N 017W;018W 06;01 SW4 (06); SE4 (01) Arizona

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1947 SAMPLE 10.8% PB, 6.5% ZN, 0.28% CU, 0.546 OZ/T AU, 10.9 OZ/T AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMELTER RETURN SHEETS FROM 1903-1909 AVG 1.5 OZ/T AU, 8% PB, 5-8% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14608, 35.40808
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granite And Rhyolite Dikes Trending Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 80NE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 6 Parallel Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY TRENDS NS, DIPPING 80E, MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brighter Days Mining
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chloride Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1909

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.1% Pb, 1.217 Oz/T Au, 14.3 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 404g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • $180,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1908? $70,000 FROM 1903-1908 ?) PRODU CTION TOTALS MAY INCLUDE PRODUCTION FOR BRIGHTER DAYS AND LUCKY BOY FO R 1930'S-1950'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1981.2M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OF 335 FT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT INTERVALS; TUNNELS OF 350, 900, 1200, AND 1700 FT LENGTHS; RAISE FROM CROSSCUT IN 1700 FT TUNNEL (700 FT BELOW SHAFT ENTRANCE) CONNECTS TO 300 FT LEVEL OF SHAFT WITH L EVELS EVERY 100 FT

Comments on development

  • 1909 - PLANS TO WORK SAMOA JOINTLY WITH LUCKY BOY AND BRIGHTER DA YS. OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDE E.M. HANCE, CHLORIDE GOLD MINING, J.F. MIL LER, ARIZONA MINING CORP., J.T. MACLVOY, SAMOA GOLD MINES, JOE GLOSSER , H. BITT, H.B. HAMPTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397

  • Deposit

    HAURY, 1947, USBM RI 4101

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    DINGS, 1951; ABM FILE DATA; SCHRADER, 1909

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 PARALLEL VEINS OF WHICH VEIN NO. 3 (THE 4TH OF MARCH) IS THE MA IN PRODUCER
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004035 WITH RE CORD M030381 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; T.G. TYHEODORE USGS-CONTA CT PERSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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