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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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091859
MRDS ID K001238
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10275837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.31852, 35.22844 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.55 MI SE OF CATASKA SCHOOL

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTS ABSENCE OF GOLD-BEARING 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;Residuum
    Rock description Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Residuum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.31852, 35.22844
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on development

  • SMALL PIT DUG ON BASIS OF VEIN QUARTZ FLOAT. METASILTSTONE BEDROCK NOT EXPOSED AT LOCALITY.

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.

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

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