Tecoma Claim

The Tecoma Claim is a zinc mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tecoma Claim

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 41.24889, -114.04278

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Tecoma Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tecoma Claim


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Lucin


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): ORE ALSO CONTAINS SOME GOLD & COPPER. PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN $5000 AND $100,000.

Comment (Geology): POSSIBLE WULFENITE WITH CRYSTALS UP TO 1 1/2" LONG-OCCURS AS MASS

Comment (Deposit): ONLY THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THIS CLAIM LIES IN NEVADA, THE REMAINDER BEING IN UTAH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): W. SLOPE OF TECOMA HILL

Comment (Development): ONLY THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THIS CLAIM LIES IN NEVADA, THE REMAINDER BEING IN UTAH

Comment (Deposit): VEIN/REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT/INTRUSIVE CONTACT


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1974.

Reference (Deposit): HAGUE AND EMMONS, 1877, P498

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1968, MOLYBDENITE OF NEVADA NBMG UNPUBLISHED OPEN

Reference (Production): BLUE, D.M.(1960), 211


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.