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Closman Workings

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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  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 10025289
MRDS ID K000996
Record type Site
Current site name Closman Workings
Alternate or previous names Northeast & Southwest
Related records 10251439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.23463, 35.29344 (WGS84)

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Comments on the location information

  • STATE COORDINATES ARE AVERAGE FOR NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TEST VEIN QUARTZ FROM TRENCHES

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) -84.23463, 35.29344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Closman

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Closman

Comments on the production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES NO PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 274.32M
    Overall width 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES, AND A FEW PITS AND SHAFTS AS MUCH AS 12 FEET DEEP. VEIN QUARTZ EXPOSED IN ONLY A FEW OF THE OPENINGS.

Comments on development

  • GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ AT THE CLOSMAN CRUSHER AT THE NORTHEAST END OF THE PROPERTY CAME FROM THE PECK AND JOHNSON DUMPS, ACCORDING TO A RELIABLE INHABITANT, WHO STATED THAT THE CLOSMAN OPERATION WAS A STOCK PROMOTION.

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 ; 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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