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Unnamed Adits

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025359
MRDS ID K001209
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adits
Related records 10251519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.30241, 35.26011 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.45 MI. NNE OF CONFLUENCE OF HOTWATER BRANCH WITH COKER CREEK

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

  • OTHER ADIT IS 250 FT. SW OF ABOVE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTS NO GOLD FOUND BY EARLY PROSPECTORS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Rock description Ocoee Series, Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ PROBABLY ABSENT: NONE OBSERVED IN DUMP OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ADIT, WHICH IS IN METASILTSTONE. NORTHEASTERN ADIT IS IN METASANDSTONE AND QUARTZ VEINS IN METASANDSTONE OF DISTRICT ARE TYPICALLY BARREN.

Comments on development

  • BOTH ENTRANCES TO ADITS ARE CAVED; SIZE OF DUMPS INDICATES THAT ADITS ARE LESS THAN 20 FT. IN LENGTH. BEDROCK NOT EXPOSED. VEIN QUARTZ FLOAT FROM JOINT SETS IN METASANDSTONE MAY HAVE PROVIDED INCENTIVE TO DRIVE THE ADITS.

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 ROCKS ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 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

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