Lower Johnson Adit

Occurrence in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094989
MRDS ID K001013
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Johnson Adit
Related records 10275796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.25213, 35.28594 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.7 MI. E. 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

  • IN BOTTOM OF RAVINE BELOW UPPER JOHNSON ADIT; ENTRANCE BURIED BY NEW ACCESS ROAD TO UPPER ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCAL RESIDENT STATED THAT ADIT INTERCEPTED SAME GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN UPPER JOHNSON ADIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Metasandstone
    Rock description Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.25213, 35.28594

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968)

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 the production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE SUGGESTS NO PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • LOCAL RESIDENT STATES THAT ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERCEPT VEIN EXPOSED IN UPPER JOHNSON ADIT; LOWER ADIT REPORTEDLY DRIVEN FOR SHORT DISTANCE TO NW, THEN TO SW.

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 ABSENCE OF VEIN QUARTZ ON SURFACE THAT COULD BE POSITIVELY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ADIT PRECLUDED DETERMINATION OF VEIN HABIT AND MINERALOGY, WHICH PRESUMABLY IS SAME AS FOR UPPER JOHNSON ADIT (DEPOSIT NO. 25). ; 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