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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025362
MRDS ID K001213
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10178251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.30602, 35.25567 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.1 MI. NNE OF CONFLUENCE OF HOTWATER BRANCH WITH COKER CREEK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PIT PROBABLY SOURCE OF PSILOMELANE-BEARING QUARTZ BOULDERS MENTIONED BY ROVE (1926).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TEST FOR GOLD ON VEIN QUARTZ
Result ROVE (1926) ALSO NOTED APPARENT LACK OF GOLD IN THE VEIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.30602, 35.25567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 68 DEG E
    Dip 57 DEG S
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • NEARBY EXPOSURES INDICATE THAT VEIN EXTENDS AT LEAST ANOTHER 25 FT TO NE ALONG STRIKE.

Comments on development

  • TRENCH FOLLOWS STRIKE OF QUARTZ VEIN IN METASILTSTON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, THE GOLD FIELDS OF COKER CREEK, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 1, P. 78-107.

  • Deposit

    ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCKS ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968); VEIN EXHIBITS SEVERAL FEATURES COMMON TO GOLD-BEARING VEINS ELSEWHERE IN DISTRICT, BUT GOLD IS APPARENTLY ABSENT AT THIS LOCALITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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