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Arizona · Cochise County

Sidewheel Mine

Unconfirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface 5 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Cochise
Mining district
Tombstone District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Manganese
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Rattling Boy

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 5 shaft symbols
  • 2 adit symbols
  • Adit : Tombstone , 1952
View individual source records (3)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Piedras De Sol Mining Co., Sidewheel Leasing Co. · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (5)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Sidewheel Mine

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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