Lenderman 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025302
MRDS ID K001010
Record type Site
Current site name Lenderman Adit
Related records 10129424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.25435, 35.28705 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MI. NE TAYLOR CEMETERY

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

  • HEADWATERS OF CONASAUGA CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TEST VEIN QUARTZ ON DUMP
Result METASILTSTONE WALLROCK 0.012 PPM AU BY AA
Result NEGATIVE PAN TESTS ON QUARTZ VEINS FROM TENSION JOINTS ALONG NOSE OF FOLD ON HANGING WALL
Result AND THIN, BOUDINAGED QUARTZ VEINS ABOVE NOSE OF FOLD.

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) -84.25435, 35.28705

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Joint

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer Dave Lenderman

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dave Lenderman

Comments on the production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE SUGGESTS NO PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION DATA ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENT, WHO STATES THAT THE ADIT TRENDS SOUTH FOR 40 FEET. ENTRANCE TO ADIT IS CAVED, VEIN IS UNEXPOSED. ; ECON.COM: GOLD VALUES UNECONOMIC

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; UNWEATHERED SULFIDES NOT OBSERVED IN VEIN (SEE DISTRICT SUMMARY) ; 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

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