Samsel Mine

The Samsel Mine is a tungsten mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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

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Site Name

Primary: Samsel Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains District

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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Henry E. Huffman
Years: 1953 -

Owner Name: Pinal Tungsten Mines, Inc.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1958
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

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Schultze Granite Dikes & Ne Trending Fault Fissures

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Samsel Vein/Fault, Steep Dip

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ONLY PREDOMINANTLY W PRODUCER IN CU-AU DISTRICT

Comment (Workings): 280 FT ADIT IN 1940. AREA HAS A SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS, AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS & PITS

Comment (Production): SEVERAL TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.

Comment (Development): 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, OWNER IN 1951 WAS FRANK SAMSEL

Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL IS CHIEFLY QUARTZ AND PYRITE

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000364 WITH RECORD M000364 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEO ORE, USGS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000764 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1924 (W)

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, 54 P.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM IC 8078, 104 P.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1963, USGS BULL 1141-H.

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.

Reference (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.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): WILSON, 1941, P. 28-29.

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