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Lost River Mine

Producer 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025352
MRDS ID K001197
Record type Site
Current site name Lost River Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Branch Workings
Related records 10226878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.26019, 35.26789 (WGS84)
Relative position CONFLUENCE OF BIG BRANCH AND JOHNSON BRANCH

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOST RIVER MINE IS CLEARED AREA WITHIN LIMITS OF OLD BIG BRANCH WORKINGS, AND IS NOW A TOURIST ATTRACTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TESTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.26019, 35.26789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Miles Witt
Year of first production 1970
Production years 1970 TO PRESENT

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Miles Witt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION LIMITED TO THAT RECOVERED BY TOURISTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES RESTRICTED BY SURROUNDING CULTURAL FEATURES AND EFFECT OF STATE LAND RECLAMATION LAWS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.202HA

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA OF PREVIOUSLY-WORKED, BIG BRANCH WORKINGS APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES.

Comments on development

  • MINED AREA RE-OPENED AS LOST RIVER MINE DURING 1970; ALLUVIUM REMOVED TO BASAL GRAVELS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS; AMOUNT OF MATERIAL REMOVED SINCE 1970 IS NEGLIGIBLE. ; ECON.COM: AREA MINED PRIOR TO 1900: UNWORKED GROUND PROBABLY LIMITED

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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