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Mcdonald Prospect

Occurrence in Polk 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025748
MRDS ID K001683
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.31074, 35.18122 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.95 MILE NNE OF TENN. RT. 68 BRIDGE OVER HIWASSEE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(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 Polk

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF ROAD ABOVE WATERTANK HOLLOW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TEST OF VEIN QUARTZ FOR GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Unit 1 Of Ocoee Series, Arkosic Sst, Siltstone, Slate, Phyllite
    Rock description Unit 1 Of Ocoee Series, Arkosic Sst, Siltstone, Slate, Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.31074, 35.18122
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.66M

Comments on development

  • ADIT WAS DRIVEN ALONG TREND OF QUARTZ VEINS THAT WERE PROBABLY EXPOSED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE KIMSEY HIGHWAY (FORMER ROUTE OF TENN. RT. 68). ; ECON.COM: UNECONOMIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKS ASSIGNED TO UNIT 1 OF HERNON (1968). LENTICULAR QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THICKNESS OCCUR ALONG STEEPLY-DIPPING FRACTURES IN SHEARED BLACK SLATE. TRACE AMOUNTS OF PYRITE OCCUR IN THE SLATE. GOLD NOT OBSERVED, ALTHOUGH IT IS REPORTED THAT THE ADIT WAS DRIVEN FOR GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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