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El Tigre Placer

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  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 10025388
MRDS ID K001251
Record type Site
Current site name El Tigre Placer
Related records 10201970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.3463, 35.214 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.4 MI. SW OF RT. 68 BRIDGE OVER COKER CREEK

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

  • IN BED OF COKER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPERATOR STATED THAT VALUE OF GOLD DID NOT MEET COST OF OBTAINING IT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer George M. Clark
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George M. Clark
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Tennessee
    Home office Tennessee

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING CONFINED TO STREAM BED.

Comments on development

  • AN IMPROVISED DREDGE WAS USED TO PUMP SAND AND GRAVEL FROM CREEK BED AT LONG, DEEP POOL BELOW SOME RAPIDS IN COKER CREEK. MINING WAS CHIEFLY RECREATIONAL. ; ECON.COM: GOLD VALUES UNECONOMIC

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 COUNTRY ROCK 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

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