| Deposit ID | 10025393 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Branch Placer Workings |
| Related records | 10178503 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.26158, 35.26928 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.6 MI. SE OF LONG RIDGE CHURCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Monroe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| 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 | ||
| |||
| (1) | -84.26158, 35.26928 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1862 |
| Year of first production | 1831 |
| District name | Coker Creek District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 12.546HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001256 |
ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, THE GOLD FIELDS OF COKER CREEK, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 1, P. 78-107.
ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 92 P.
HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, IN PRESS.
1911 COMPILE ASHLEY, TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPORT
1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COUNTRY ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNITS 2 AND 3 OF HERNON (1968). THESE UNITS BELONG TO THE OCOEE SERIES. THE DEPOSIT BELONGS TO A TYPE IN THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A HIGH-LEVEL TERRACE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1973 | Hale, Robin C. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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