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Unnamed Adit

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 10025371
MRDS ID K001226
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Related records 10276006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.3138, 35.23817 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.8 MI. NE OF CATASKA SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farner(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

  • HEADWATERS OF COOPER BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO INDICATION THAT GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ WAS FOUND AT THIS LOCALITY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Residuum
    Rock description Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Residuum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

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 production information

  • FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • MEDIUM- TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED METASANDSTONE ON DUMP

Comments on development

  • THIS ADIT IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF MANY DRIVEN IN VICINITY IN EFFORT TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD MINED AT THE COOPER TRACT (DEPOSIT NO. 70). ENTRANCE TO ADIT IS CAVED.

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 ROCKS ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968). MEDIUM TO VERY COARSE GRAINED METASANDSTONE ON DUMP ; 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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