The Sidewinder is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,881 Feet (1,183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.63417, -117.10167
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Sidewinder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sidewinder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Striking N80e, Dip 64-80 South 200 Ft. Se Of Main Adit Vein In Qt. Monzonite Is Paralleled By Normal Fault Which Crosses Open Cut North Of Main Adit Portal.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS VEIN IN FAULT, EXPOSED LATERALLY FOR 3000 FT. STRIKE OF VEINS ARE VARIABLE ACCORDING TO BOWEN, FROM N80E, AT SURFACE, TO N80W. VEINS APPEAR TO BE DISCONTINUOUS. IN VICINITY OF DOHERTY SHAFT, HANGING WALL ROCKS ARE META-DACITES AND META-FELSITES OF THE SIDEWINDER VOLCANIC SERIES, AND FOOTWALL IS QT. MONZONITE. IN MOST EASTERN WORKINGS, BOTH WALLS ARE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED FELSIT. BOTH WALLS ARE QT. MONZONITE IN MOST EASTERLY OF 3 WEST SHAFTS.
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED IN 1887 HAD ESTIMATED YIELD OF $30/TON IN GOLD (FREE MILLING). CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FROM ESTIMATES BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.
Comment (Geology): FAULT SEPARATES RHYOLITE AND DACITE ON SW FROM QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY ON NE. FORMER ARE PART OF SIDEWINDER VOLCANIC SERIES OF PROBABLE JURASSIC OR TRIASSIC AGE; QT. MONZONITE IS BELIEVED TO BE OF LATE JURASSIC AGE.
Comment (Deposit): OPENED IN 1880'S, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942 WAS LARGEST GOLD OPERATION IN BARSTOW-VICTERVILLA AREA. 3 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINES, THE DOHNEY AND ARMSTRONG SHAFTS. DOHNEY IS 600 FT. DEEP, W/4 LEVELS SPACED AT 100 FT. INTERVALS AND W/DRIFTS TOTALING 1000 FT., 1300 FT., 400 FT. AND 300 FT., RESPECTIVELY-SW-TRENDING ADIT ON 200 FT. LEVEL. ARMSTRONG SHAFT IS ABOUT 800 FT DEEP. PROPERTY ALSO CONTAINS SEVERAL SHALLOWER SHAFTS. COMBINED LENGTH OF WORKINGS TOTALS APPROX. 3000 FT. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS CAN BE FOUND IN BOWEN (1954).
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 81
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P 312-313
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, C.E., 1954, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARSTOW QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 165, P. 131-134
Reference (Production): BOWEN (1954) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)
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