Tecoma Hill South

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011132
MRDS ID D005390
Record type Site
Current site name Tecoma Hill South
Alternate or previous names Independence, Empire
Related records 10154411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0353, 41.24659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position SOUTH SLOPE TECOMA HILL, 3/4 MILE WEST OF COPPER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 019W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 SW/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Argillitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0353, 41.24659

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, SHEET-LIKE, PIPELIKE
    Strike VARIES
    Dip VARIES
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mostly Fissure-Fillings, Also Favorable Beds And Intersections Of Fractures, Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 589.79M

Comments on the workings information

  • 240 200, 825, 430, 140, 40, 30 AND 30-FOOT ADITS AND SOME SHALLOW SURFACE DIGGINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYAN, G.H., 1914, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS IN LUCIN MINING DISTRICT: SALT LAKE MIN. REV. 16, APRIL 30.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH VOL. 1 P 82

  • Deposit

    1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SCATTERED DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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