Mine detail: Samsel Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.27842, -110.89152

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1924-1940 (INTERMITTENTLY)
First production started:	1924
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Madera Formation;Schultze Granite;
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne Trending Schultze Granite Dikes & Ne Trending Fault Fissures, Ne Trending Samsel Vein/Fault, Steep Dip

References

MRDS	M000364
DEP	10026807
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.