Sidewheel Mine

The Sidewheel Mine is a silver and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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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: Sidewheel Mine
Secondary: Rattling Boy

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Piedras De Sol Mining Co., Sidewheel Leasing Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1937
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: SHORT, IRREGULAR POD-LIKE BUNCHES, DISCONNECTED LENS ES, AND PIPE-LIKE MASSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: In Ajax Hill Horst, South Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND ABOUT 600 TO 700 TONS PRODUCED DURING 1921-1923 AND 1935-1937.

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MCCABE, BROWN, AND R.S. BUBY

Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG A ROLL AND ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL APPROX 750 FT LONG, WITH STOPES AND CROSSCUTS

Comment (Geology): MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 143, 1938

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP FILE

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

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