| Deposit ID | 10025285 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K000992 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Round Top, Lower Adit |
| Related records | 10251618 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.24074, 35.29705 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.2 MILE WSW CONFLUENCE ROCKY BRANCH AND SIXMILE CREEK |
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)
Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)
Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Tennessee(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 | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | POSITIVE PAN TEST ALL 3 VEINS, WALL ROCK <0.02 PPM AU BY AA |
|---|
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -84.24074, 35.29705 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | Dave Lenderman |
| District name | Coker Creek Gold District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dave Lenderman |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Province |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 34.75M |
| Overall depth | 14.02M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K000992 |
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.
1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPOR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HOST ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968) MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ORDOVICIAN; POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POOR. NATIVE GOLD MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED DURING VEIN EMPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT FEATURES ABUNDANT. ; 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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