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Gear Placer Workings

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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025392
MRDS ID K001255
Record type Site
Current site name Gear Placer Workings
Related records 10251420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.25685, 35.26844 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.9 MI. SE. OF LONG RIDGE CHURCH

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

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES MARK APPROXIMATE MID-POINT OF WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand & Gravel;Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Unit 2 , Metaconglomerate With Metasandstone, Metasiltstone, Slate
    Rock description Sand & Gravel;Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Unit 2 , Metaconglomerate With Metasandstone, Metasiltstone, Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.25685, 35.26844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Coker Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert L. Gear And Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3.238HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA INCLUDES UNWORKED GROUND, THE FULLEST EXTENT OF WHICH IS NOT KNOWN. BEDROCK IN 10 X 200 FT. TRENCH IS WEATHERED METASILTSTONE.

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES IN AREA IN ADDITION TO TRENCH DESCRIBED BELOW. ROVE (1926) STATES THAT CAPACITY OF WASHERS WAS 50 TO 100 CUBIC YARDS PER DAY. ; ECON.COM: PROPERTY WAS MINED IN THE PAST; LAND RECLAMATION COSTS; PLACER GROUND LIMITED AREALLY.

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 UNITS 2 AND 3 OF HERNON (1968). THESE UNITS BELONG TO THE OCOEE SERIES. GEAR DEPOSIT MAY BE CLASSED AS A HIGH-LEVEL TERRACE DEPOSIT. ; 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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