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Tecoma

Unknown in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149333
MRDS ID M030057
MAS/MILS ID 0320070452
Record type Site
Current site name Tecoma
Alternate or previous names Jackson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -114.07727, 41.45161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 041 N 070 E 07 NENESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCORDING TO SOME REPORTS, THE TECOMA MINE IS IN THE LUCIN DISTRICT IN NW UTAH, ALTHOUGH PART OF THE MINE EXTENDS INTO NEVADA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -114.07727, 41.45161
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tecoma

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peterson Drilling Co.
    Home office Nevada

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ESTIMATED RESERVES COMES FROM GAGE, P. 227. THERE HAS PROBABLY BEEN SOME MINING SINCE 1941, DEFINITELY DURING 1965-1966.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    HORTON, F.W., MOLYBDENUM; ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATIONS,

  • Geology

    1916, USBU MINES BULL. 111, PP. 89.

  • Geology

    SCHILLING, J.H., AND INVENTORY OF MO OCCURRENCES IN NEV.,

  • Geology

    1962A, NEV. BU MINES RPT. 2.

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE

  • Deposit

    POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, PP. 227.

  • Deposit

    LINCCLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV.,

  • Deposit

    1916, USGS BULL. 648, PP. 102-105.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1920,

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 111, PP. 493.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV., 1976, USGS

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-86 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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