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Cooper Mine

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025374
MRDS ID K001231
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Mine
Related records 10251255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.31491, 35.23372 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.65 MI. EAST OF IRONSBURG CHURCH

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

Comments on the location information

  • ON COOPER BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ VEIN AT SMALL EXPOSURE WITHIN TRACT GAVE NEGATIVE PAN TEST FOR GOLD, BUT 0.04 PPM GOLD BY AA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Rock description Alluvium;Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.31491, 35.23372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Discoverer Thomas Cooper
Production years 1870-1900

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT VERIFIED BY MINT RECORDS; MUCH OF GOLD IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED AS JEWELRY OR SHIPPED TO BRANCH MINTS IN N.C. AND GA., AND INCLUDED IN RETURNS FOR THOSE STATES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES CONSIDERED NEGLIGIBLE IN VIEW OF NUMBER OF TIMES THE SITE HAS BEEN REWORKED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER GOLD FROM THIS MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN THE COARSEST IN THE DISTRICT; INCLUDED 2 NUGGETS WEIGHING 1.25 LB. EACH.

Comments on development

  • ASHLEY (1911) STATES THAT MINED AREA WAS 0.5 ACRE, BUT EXTENT OF HUMMOCKY GROUND SUGGESTS THAT MINED AREA WAS MORE EXTENSIVE; SURROUNDING AREA HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED IN EFFORT TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD. ; ECON.COM: SITE HAS BEEN REWORKED AT LEAST THREE TIMES

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

  • Production

    ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, COKER CREEK GOLD FIELDS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLYING BEDROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968). ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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