| Deposit ID | 10025361 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001212 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Prospect Pits |
| Related records | 10304823 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.31491, 35.25678 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.5 MI. NW OF CONFLUENCE OF HOTWATER BRANCH WITH COKER CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Monroe(county)
Tennessee(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tellico Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hiwassee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cherokee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Monroe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Result | 0.22 PPM GOLD BY AA IN GOETHITE CUBES AFTER PYRITE AS FLOAT MATERIAL FROM NEARBY ROADBED. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium | ||
| Rock unit name | Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Colluvium, Lithic Fragments, Soil, Vein Quartz | ||
| Rock description | Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Colluvium, Lithic Fragments, Soil, Vein Quartz | ||
| |||
| (1) | -84.31491, 35.25678 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds |
| Thickness | 0.13M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Coker Creek Gold District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001212 |
ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, THE GOLD FIELDS OF COKER CREEK, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 1, P. 78-107.
ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 92 P.
HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, IN PRESS.
1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPOR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINTS IN COARSE-TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED, ARKOSIC METASANDSTONE OF UNIT 3 ARE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF GOLD. THE PITS, WHICH ARE WITHIN AN OUTCROP BELT OF METASILTSTONE, ARE NEAR THE CONTACT OF METASILTSTONE WITH METASANDSTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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