The Old Sample Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,520 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.92194, -111.84667
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Old Sample Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Sample Mine
Secondary: Sample Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Geographically Extensive L Cret-Tert Mineralized System With Ew Trending Dikes Is Found 3 To 5 Miles Ne Of Mine, In Same District, And Probable Related Mineralization
Type: L
Description: Diabase Outcrop Along N-S Trend, Overall Local Structure In Prec Nnw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE WEST OF SAMPLE WASH. APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SW OF WINKLEMAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): ROY L BISHOP, OPERATED IN 1950, J.ERKLANS IN 1948
Comment (Geology): VEIN MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INYTRUSIVE EVENT, E-W TRENDING FAULTS AND SHEARS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #636
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 1106, 1974
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