Peck Prospect

Occurrence in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10094988
MRDS ID K000997
Record type Site
Current site name Peck Prospect
Related records 10299855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.24741, 35.29289 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.85 MILE NE TAYLOR CEMETERY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald River Falls(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

  • NEAR THE UPPER END OF WHIPPOORWILL BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA IN TRACE AMOUNTS RELATIVE TO GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TEST
Result CHANNEL SAMPLE METASILTSTONE HOST ROCK <0.02 PPM AU BY AA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Sandstone
    Rock description Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.24741, 35.29289

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES NO PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2.44M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT IS PARTLY FILLED

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GOLD DISTRIBUTION ERRATIC AND SPARSE

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. SULFIDES PROBABLY PRESENT IN UNWEATHERED VEIN MATERIAL. REPLACEMENT FEATURES ABUNDANT. ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references