Hollinghead Field 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025397
MRDS ID K001260
Record type Site
Current site name Hollinghead Field Placer Workings
Alternate or previous names Peels Branch Workings
Related records 10129034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.28713, 35.24955 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. SSW OF COKER CREEK CEMETERY

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

  • COORDINATES MARK DOWNSTREAM LIMIT 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

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
Discovery year 1834
Year of first production 1834

Mining district

District name Coker Creek Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENT OF WORKINGS SUGGESTS THAT THEY WERE AMONG THE MORE-PRODUCTIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA INCLUDES UNWORKED GROUND, THE FULLEST EXTENT OF WHICH IS NOT KNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING HYDRAULIC WASHING DURING 1900-1910; AREA INCLUDES NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES. ; 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

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. UPPER END OF WORKINGS ARE GRADATIONAL WITH HIGH-LEVEL TERRACE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1831 TO 1837

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references