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Cinco De Mayo Mine

Occurrence in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050136
MRDS ID MX17011
Record type Site
Current site name Cinco De Mayo Mine
Related records 10279801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.59148, 26.7445 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050
Relative position AT EL TULE - SAN ADOLFO, 25 KM N20W BUSTAMENTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE FLANK PICO CANDELA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Aurora
    Rock description Aurora
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.59148, 26.7445
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Granodiorite And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carrizal (Los Golondrinas)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLORES, T., 1951, GEOLOGIA, GENESIS Y CONDICIONES ESTRUCTURALES DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO DE MEXICO: INSTITUTO NAC. INVEST. RECURSOS MINERALES BOL. 29, P. 20-21

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRADES UP TO 60-72% FE IN IRREGULAR MASSES AND POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

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