Unnamed Adit

Occurrence in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025363
MRDS ID K001215
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Related records 10227514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.29797, 35.24928 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MI. SSW OF JUNCTION JOE BROWN HWY WITH TENN. RT. 68

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farner(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

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTS ABSENCE OF GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TEST VEIN QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Rock description Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.29797, 35.24928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Set

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on development

  • UNSAFE CONDITIONS PRECLUDE DETERMINATION OF FULL EXTENT OF ADIT

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 QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINTS IN COARSE- TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED, ARKOSIC METASANDSTONES OF UNIT 3 ARE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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