Tecoma Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045652
MRDS ID M233439
Record type Site
Current site name Tecoma Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04364, 41.24881 (WGS84)
Relative position W. OF US MM +1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(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 Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 070E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF TECOMA HILL

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04364, 41.24881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLE WULFENITE WITH CRYSTALS UP TO 1 1/2" LONG-OCCURS AS MASS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lucin

Comments on the production information

  • ORE ALSO CONTAINS SOME GOLD & COPPER. PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN $5000 AND $100,000.

Comments on development

  • ONLY THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THIS CLAIM LIES IN NEVADA, THE REMAINDER BEING IN UTAH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, ROSCOE M, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1974.

  • Deposit

    HAGUE AND EMMONS, 1877, P498

  • Deposit

    BLUE, D.M., 1960, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDDER COUNTY, UTA AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, MS. THESIS U OF UTAH, SLC, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1968, MOLYBDENITE OF NEVADA NBMG UNPUBLISHED OPEN

  • Production

    BLUE, D.M.(1960), 211

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT/INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Deposit ONLY THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THIS CLAIM LIES IN NEVADA, THE REMAINDER BEING IN UTAH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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