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Sidewheel Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027102
MRDS ID M002069
Record type Site
Current site name Sidewheel Mine
Alternate or previous names Rattling Boy
Related records 10137181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.07233, 31.68402 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Miss. Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
    Rock description Miss. Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.07233, 31.68402
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Ajax Hill Horst, South Of E-W Trending Prompter Fault

Ore body information

  • General form SHORT, IRREGULAR POD-LIKE BUNCHES, DISCONNECTED LENS ES, AND PIPE-LIKE MASSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE-SILVER MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION PHASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Piedras De Sol Mining Co., Sidewheel Leasing Co.

Comments on the production information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.227HA
    Length 396.24M
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL APPROX 750 FT LONG, WITH STOPES AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED MCCABE, BROWN, AND R.S. BUBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MAP FILE

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG A ROLL AND ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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