Unnamed 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10025360
MRDS ID K001210
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Related records 10178268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.30797, 35.25872 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.3 MI. NNW 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

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF SPUR WHICH FORMS LEFT ABUTMENT OF SMALL DAM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTS NO GOLD FOUND IN ADIT BY EARLY PROSPECTORS.

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TEST QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINT SET IN METASANDSTONE ON NORTH SIDE OF SPUR AT SMALL DAM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.30797, 35.25872

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Set

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 development

  • VEIN QUARTZ FLOAT FROM JOINT SETS IN METASANDSTONE PROBABLY PROVIDED INCENTIVE TO DRIVE ADIT, AS WELL AS PLACER GOLD IN NEARBY HOTWATER BRANCH.

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 QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINTS IN COARSE-TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED, ARKOSIC METASANDSTONES OF UNIT 3 ARE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF GOLD. 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

Beyond USGS

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