The Samsel Property is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.9014, -110.89170
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Samsel Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Samsel Property
Secondary: Utah Copper Gold Claims
Secondary: Pinal Tungsten Mines Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Pinal Tungsten Mines, Inc.
Info Year: 1941
Owner Name: Henry Huffman
Info Year: 1953
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1924-1958
Description: 1924-58: A Few St Of W Concentrates.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SAMSEL CLAIMS FILE
Reference (Deposit): DALE V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA YAVAPAI AND MOHAVE CTYS
Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 8078 1961 P 7
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON N P GEOLOGY OF THE PINAL RANCH QUAD USGS BULL 1141-
Reference (Deposit): H 1963 P H-17
Reference (Deposit): USGS PINAL RANCH QUAD
Reference (Deposit): WILSON E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ AZBM BULL 148 1941 P 28
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