| Deposit ID | 10025296 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sixmile Creek Adit |
| Related records | 10227274 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.23935, 35.28817 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.55 MILE NW WAUCHEESI MOUNTAIN |
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 |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Result | HOST ROCK <0.02 PPM AU BY AA |
|---|---|
| Result | NEGATIVE PAN TEST FOR VEIN QUARTZ |
| Result | MIXED SULFIDES CONTAINED 0.59 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) | -84.23935, 35.28817 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.25M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Coker Creek Gold District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001004 |
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 | ONLY PROSPECT IN COKER CREEK DISTRICT WHERE FRESH VEIN MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED. HOST ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ORDOVICIAN. POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POOR. REPLACEMENT FEATURES ABUNDANT. APPARENT ABSENCE OF MEGASCOPIC NATIVE GOLD PROBABLY DUE TO RELATIVELY UNWEATHERED STATE OF VEIN MATERIAL. MOST OF NATIVE GOLD ALONG QUARTZ VBINS IN COKER CREEK DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED AS SUPERGENE (HALF, 1968). ; 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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