Cinco de Mayo and Iron Duke mines (Record #1096) former iron mines of asbestos in Otero county, NM

Geologic information

Name of site	Cinco de Mayo and Iron Duke mines
Development	former iron mines
State	NM
County	Otero
Geographic location:	-106.1222, 32.4231
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Fibrous mineral	Fibrous actinolite"" (V.T. McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Geology, written communication, 2007)
Associated minerals	magnetite hematite garnet pyrite fluorite chalcopyrite cuprite malachite quartz calcite diopside
Host rock types	skarn
Geologic map unit	-106.1222, 32.4231
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location

Reference information

Beane, R.E., Jaramillo C., L.E., and Bloom, M.S., 1975, Geology and base metal mineralization of the southern Jarilla Mountains, Ortero County, New Mexico, in Seager, W.R., Clemons, R.E., and Callender, J.F., eds., Guidebook of the Las Cruces Country, New Mexico Geological Society Twenty-Sixth Field Conference, November 13, 14, and 15, 1975: New Mexico Geological Society, p. 151-156.

Bloom, M.S., 1975, Mineral paragenesis and contact metamorphism in the Jarilla Mountains, Orogrande, New Mexico: Socorro, N. Mex., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, M.S. thesis, 81 p.

Kelley, V.C., 1949, Geology and economics of New Mexico iron-ore deposits: Albuquerque, N. Mex., University of New Mexico Publications in Geology No. 2, 246 p.

V.T. McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Geology, written communication, 2007