Cinco De Mayo Mine

The Cinco De Mayo Mine is a iron mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,974 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cinco De Mayo Mine
Secondary: Iron Queen Mine
Secondary: Iron Duke Mine
Secondary: Iron King Mine: Patented Claims
Secondary: Cinco De Mayo
Secondary: Iron Duke
Secondary: Iron Queen
Secondary: Iron King

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande 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: Colorado Fuel And Iron Corp., Pueblo, Colorado And L.H. Duriez, Al Ameda, Ca.Ornia
Years: 1963 -

Owner Name: Oro Iron Co.
Years: 1921 -

Production

Year: 1921
Time Period: 1916 To 1921
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 52 To 56% Fe.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1921
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.056% P
Analytical Data: 0.11% CU
Analytical Data: 0.31% MN
Analytical Data: 0.58% MGO
Analytical Data: 0.66% AL2O3
Analytical Data: 1.08% S
Analytical Data: 4.51% CAO
Analytical Data: 10.55% SIO2
Analytical Data: 54.35% FE
Analytical Data: AVERAGE COMPOSITION

Materials

Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATED RESERVES ARE FOR THE CINCO DE MAYO AND IRON DUKE CLAIMS. AN ADDITIONAL RESERVE OF SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS FOR THE IRO N KING CLAIM AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS FOR THE IRON QUEEN CLAIM WAS RE PORTED BY KELLEY.

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION INCLUDES ALL ORE FROM THE CINCO DE MAYO, IRON DUK E, IRON KING, AND IRON QUEEN CLAIMS, AND MAY INCLUDE SOME ORE FROM THE IRON MASK CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 592, 1247, 1251, AND 1815 COVERING ABOUT 78 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF EIGHT OPENCUTS RANGING FRO M 400 TO 50 FT. IN LENGTH, 175 TO 5 FT. IN WIDTH, AND 122 TO 10 FT. IN DEPTH. A TUNNEL FROM THE FACE OF THE LARGEST CUT CONTAINS CONSIDERABL E ROOM AND PILLAR STOPING.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 186.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN OPEN CUT ON THE CINCO DE MAYO CL AIM WHICH IS INCORRECTLY CALLED THE IRON QUEEN MINE ON THE OROGRANDE N ORTH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY , NO. 2, P. 181-186

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 52-53

Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 46-47, PLA TE 1

Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 186.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 185-188.

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