Deposit ID | 10014011 |
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MRDS ID | D010612 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Cinco De Mayo Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Iron Queen Mine, Iron Duke Mine, Iron King Mine: Patented Claims, Cinco De Mayo, Iron Duke, Iron Queen, Iron King |
Related records | 10271930 |
Geographic coordinates: | -106.12416, 32.42291 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1516 |
Relative position | ABOUT 34.5 MILES S17W OF ALAMOGORDO. |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | New Mexico | Otero |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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New Mexico | 022S | 008E | 04 | NE | New Mexico |
Commodity | Importance |
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Iron | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Cuprite | Ore |
Hematite | Ore |
Magnetite | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Specularite | Ore |
Actinolite | Gangue |
Calcite | Gangue |
Diopside | Gangue |
Garnet | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | AVERAGE COMPOSITION |
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Result | 54.35% FE |
Result | 10.55% SIO2 |
Result | 4.51% CAO |
Result | 1.08% S |
Result | 0.66% AL2O3 |
Result | 0.58% MGO |
Result | 0.31% MN |
Result | 0.11% CU |
Result | 0.056% P |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
Rock unit name | Gobbler Formation |
Rock description | Gobbler Formation |
(1) | -106.12416, 32.42291 |
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General form | TABULAR |
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Strike | N70E |
Dip | 10 TO 16NW |
Thickness | 22.86M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1885 |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral In Place |
Year of first production | 1916 |
Year of last production | 1921 |
District name | Orogrande District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Operator |
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Owner | Oro Iron Co. |
First year | 1921 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Colorado Fuel And Iron Corp., Pueblo, Colorado And L.H. Duriez, Al Ameda, Ca.Ornia |
First year | 1963 |
Year | 1921 | ||||||||||||||
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Period | 1916 To 1921 | ||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 52 To 56% Fe. | ||||||||||||||
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Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
Total resources | 80,000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Overall depth | 37.19M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010612 |
KELLEY, V.C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY , NO. 2, P. 181-186
HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 52-53
SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 46-47, PLA TE 1
BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 186.
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, P. 185-188.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 592, 1247, 1251, AND 1815 COVERING ABOUT 78 ACRES. |
Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |