Samoa Mine

The Samoa Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,161 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Samoa Mine
Secondary: Samoa No. 1 & 2
Secondary: Fourth of March
Secondary: Mountain Dew

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Chloride Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1909 -

Owner Name: Brighter Days Mining
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.1% Pb, 1.217 Oz/T Au, 14.3 Oz/T Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Granite And Rhyolite Dikes Trending Nw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

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

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 6 PARALLEL VEINS OF WHICH VEIN NO. 3 (THE 4TH OF MARCH) IS THE MA IN PRODUCER

Comment (Workings): 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

Comment (Geology): SCHISTOSITY TRENDS NS, DIPPING 80E, MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION

Comment (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

Comment (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

Comment (Commodity): 1947 SAMPLE 10.8% PB, 6.5% ZN, 0.28% CU, 0.546 OZ/T AU, 10.9 OZ/T AG

Comment (Production): $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

References

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397

Reference (Deposit): HAURY, 1947, USBM RI 4101

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Production): DINGS, 1951; ABM FILE DATA; SCHRADER, 1909

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