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Roberts Branch Adit, Southwest

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025386
MRDS ID K001247
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts Branch Adit, Southwest
Related records 10276197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.32352, 35.22039 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.85 MI. SSE 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

  • ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF ROBERTS BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TEST FOR GOLD ON QUARTZ VEIN
Result METASILTSTONE WALLROCK CONTAINED 0.02 PPM GOLD BY AA.

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.32352, 35.22039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 64 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG S
    Thickness 0.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint

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

  • NO FORMAL PRODUCTION; LIMITED DEVELOPMENT ALONG VEIN PROBABLY RELATED TO ACTIVITY OF MINERAL COLLECTORS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN HAS BEEN WORKED ALONG ITS STRIKE FOR DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 28 FEET. VEIN RANGES FROM 0.25 TO 0.625 INCH IN THICKNESS AND GOLD IS MORE ABUNDANT RELATIVE TO OTHER QUARTZ VEINS IN DISTRICT. HOSTROCK STRIKES N 46 E, DIPS 88 SE

Comments on development

  • ADIT APPARENTLY DRIVEN ON BASIS OF PLACER GOLD IN NEARBY ROBERTS BRANCH. NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES UPSLOPE FROM ADIT. ENTRANCE TO ADIT CAVED AFTER 1971. ; ECON.COM: GOLD VALUES UNECONOMIC

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 HOST ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNIT 3 OF HERNON (1968) MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ORDOVICIAN; POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POOR ; 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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