Mineral Resource Map
Mine detail: Festerling Mine
Previously called 'Elsicor 1-7'
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Location
| Lat / long: | 31.86013, -109.94594 |
Resource(M)
| Primary: | Silver |
| Secondary: | Lead, Copper, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
Production
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1937 |
| Last production ended: | 1947 |
Geology
| Host rock: | Bisbee Group |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
| Structure: | Beds Of Bisbee Limestone Strike Nnw, Dip 50 Ne |
| Tectonic: | Series Of Nw Trending Faults In Paleozoic & Cretaceous Sediments |
References
| MRDS | M800150 |
| DEP | 10109834 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 281}{Deposit:: ABGMT 187, P. 68.} |
| Reporter | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) |