Latitude: 31°51'37"N
Longitude: 109°56'44"W
A small former surface and underground Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au mine located in the NE ¼ sec. 24, T.18S., R.23E. Discovered 1937. Produced 1937-1947. Owned by Mr. Ed Festerling (1958); operated by Alejo and Juan Antunez (1958).
Mineralization is sulfides in irregular replacement bodies along faults in Cretaceous Bisbee Group limestone. Oxidation was strong.
Local structures include limestone beds which strike NNW and dip 50NE.
Workings are a shaft(s) and surface openings. A few tens of tons of ore were produced between 1937 and 1947.
References
Johnson, A.L. (1958) Arizona Department of Mining and Mineral Resources Field Engineers Report on the Cora Mine, 1p.
Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Branch Bull. 187, Index of Mining Properties in Cochise Co., AZ: 68 (Table 4).
Chatman, M.L. (1993) U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report Mineral Land Assessment (MLA) 30-93: 35, D109-D110.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10234049, MRDS ID #M800150, MAS ID #0040030137.
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