Boyd Placer Workings

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  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 10025390
MRDS ID K001253
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Placer Workings
Related records 10129369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.24935, 35.27567 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 MI. NW. OF CANTRELL TOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald River Falls(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

  • COORDINATES MARK DOWNSTREAM END OF WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Sand & Gravel;Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Unit 2 , Metaconglomerate With Metasandstone, Metasiltstone, Slate
    Rock description Sand & Gravel;Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Unit 2 , Metaconglomerate With Metasandstone, Metasiltstone, Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.24935, 35.27567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coker Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Boyd

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 12.141HA

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA INCLUDES UNWORKED GROUND, THE FULLEST EXTENT OF WHICH IS NOT KNOWN. ROVE (1926) STATES THAT AREA OF ALLUVIAL CONE DEPOSIT WHICH INCLUDES BOYD MINE IS 50 TO 100 ACRES, BUT AREA OCCUPIED BY PITS AND TRENCHES APPROXIMATES 30.

Comments on development

  • ACCORDING TO ASHLEY (1911), WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SMALL PITS. ; ECON.COM: PROPERTY WAS MINED IN THE PAST; LAND RECLAMATION COSTS; PLACER GROUND LIMITED AREALLY.

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

    1911 COMPILE ASHLEY, TENN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPORT

  • Production

    ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK ASSIGNED TO UNITS 2 AND 3 OF HERNON (1968). THESE UNITS BELONG TO THE OCOEE SERIES. THIS DEPOSIT BELONGS TO A GROUP IN THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT WHICH IS CLASSED AS HIGH-LEVEL TERRACE DEPOSITS. ; 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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