Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine

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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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 Hill No. 15 Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

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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