The Tecoma Claim is a zinc mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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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Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1968, MOLYBDENITE OF NEVADA NBMG UNPUBLISHED OPEN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
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.
