Tecoma Mine

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Iron, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087178
MRDS ID D005391
Record type Site
Current site name Tecoma Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Tecoma Mine
Related records 10129836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04058, 41.24798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position WEST END OF TECOMA HILL

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 08,09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW SW 9, SE SE 8

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Argillitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomite
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04058, 41.24798

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPELIKE
    Length 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds, Fissures, And Intersections Of Such

Comments on the geologic information

  • NW CORNER OF TECOMA HILL INTRUDED BY SMALL STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lucin Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR PRODUCTION HAS BEEN RECORDED SINCE 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS AND SHALLOW DIGGINGS OVER INDICATED AREA.

Comments on development

  • C30 CONTINUED: NATIVE GOLD, PLUMBOJAROSITE, NATIVE SILVER, CHRYSOCOLLA, JAROSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B.S. BUTLER, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER III

  • 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, P. 82

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, UPDATED 1976, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGMS BULL 88, P 16-17

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER III

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, PUBLICATION

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    DOELLING, IN PREPARATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    THIS REVIEW AND BULLOCK, 1970 P. 16.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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