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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10025380
MRDS ID K001239
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10201990

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.31574, 35.22733 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MI. SE 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

  • NW SIDE OF ROBERTS BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TEST FOR GOLD ON VEIN QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    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) -84.31574, 35.22733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • INFORMATION BASED ON MATERIAL FROM DUMP.

Comments on development

  • WALLS OF SHALLOW PIT ARE SLUMPED, BEDROCK NOT EXPOSE.

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 ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968) MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ORDOVICIAN; POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POOR ; 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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