The Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,490 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,490 Feet (1,978 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 41.24722, -114.03639
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Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Halloysite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES OF LEAD AND ZINC.
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 110.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-18-1958
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