| Deposit ID | 10025375 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | K001232 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Calico Trenches |
| Alternate or previous names | Calico Veins |
| Related records | 10154351 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.31324, 35.234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.75 MI. EAST OF IRONSBURG CHURCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Tennessee | Monroe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Lithiophorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Result | NEGATIVE PAN TEST FOR GOLD ON VEIN QUARTZ |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock | ||||
| Rock unit name | Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -84.31324, 35.234 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| District name | Coker Creek Gold District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 243.84M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | K001232 |
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ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 92 P.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 | QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINTS IN COARSE- TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED, ARKOSIC METASANDSTONES OF UNIT 3 ARE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF GOLD. ; 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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