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Boyd Mine

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025351
MRDS ID K001196
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Mine
Related records 10251540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.23435, 35.27233 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MI. W. OF SIXMILE GAP

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)

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

  • LOCATION IS VERY APPROXIMATE; UNVERIFIED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROVE (1926) NOTES THAT MEAGERNESS OF WORKINGS ARGUES FOR LOW TENOR OF GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Unit 2 , Metaconglomerates With Subordinate Arkosic Metasandstones & Metasiltstone
    Rock description Unit 2 , Metaconglomerates With Subordinate Arkosic Metasandstones & Metasiltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.23435, 35.27233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 50 DEG. SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES NO PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • ROVE (1926) IS SOURCE OF DATA FOR BOYD MINE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS AN OPENING ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET DEEP.

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 COUNTRY ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 2 OF HERNON (1968) ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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