| Deposit ID | 10025358 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001207 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stripped Area |
| Related records | 10227008 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.30935, 35.26455 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1.2 MI. NW OF COKER CREEK CEMETERY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Monroe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Lithiophorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Result | POSITIVE PAN TEST QUARTZ VEIN IN ROADBED ON NORTH END OF STRIPPED AREA. ANKERITIC METASILTSTONE GAVE GOLD VALUES UP TO 0.4 PPM |
|---|---|
| Result | PYRITE CUBES PICKED FROM METASILTSTONE CONTAINED 0.41 PPM GOLD |
| Result | ANALYSES BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION. QUESTIONABLE GOLD OBSERVED IN POLISHED SURFACE OF ANKERITIC METASILTSTONE. |
| 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) | -84.30935, 35.26455 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds |
| General form | VEIN IS IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 DEG E |
| Dip | SE |
| Thickness | 0.08M |
| General form | VEIN IS IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1967 |
| District name | Coker Creek Gold District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Murphy, Jr. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Murphy |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001207 |
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 | Discovery Year: AREA STRIPPED DURING 1967 |
| Deposit | HOST ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968) MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ORDOVICIAN; POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POOR ; 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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