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Unnamed Prospect Pit

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098188
MRDS ID K001200
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Pit
Related records 10201950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.26352, 35.26261 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.4 MI. SSW OF CONFLUENCE OF BIG BRANCH WITH JOHNSON BRANCH

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

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 > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.26352, 35.26261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROXIMITY OF CULTURAL FEATURES AND FACT THAT AREA HAS BEEN MINED IN THE PAST MAKE FUTURE MINING OF REMAINING GOLD UNLIKELY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT APPROXIMATELY 25 FT. DEEP; WALLS ARE PARTLY SLUMPED AND PIT BOTTOM IS FILLED WITH WATER AND DEBRIS.

Comments on development

  • PIT MARKS UPSTREAM LIMIT OF MINING ACTIVITY FOR PLACER GOLD. ; ECON.COM: AREA HAS BEEN MINED FOR PLACER GOLD, UNWORKED GROUND PROBABLY LIMITED

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 Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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