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Cole Prospect

Occurrence in Monroe county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025752
MRDS ID K001687
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Prospect
Alternate or previous names Slickrock Creek Prospect
Related records 10129645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.00323, 35.43732 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.1 MILE SE OF LITTLE FODDERSTACK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiteoak Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Little Tennessee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(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)

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY ANALYSIS: 60% FE, 0.021% P, AND 0.08% MN. ANALYSIS BY BEAR CREEK MINING CO.: GOSSAN CONTAINED 50 PPM CU
Result STREAM SEDIMENT 100 FEET DOWNSTREAM FROM OCCURRENCE CONTAINED NO COLD-EXTRACTABLE COPPER, 20 PPM TOTAL COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Great Smoky Group, Gossan
    Rock description Great Smoky Group, Gossan
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.00323, 35.43732
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer J.J. Cole

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. J. Cole
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • PERIPHERY OF EXPOSURE OBSCURED BY SLUMPING AND RELATIONSHIP OF GOSSAN TO BEDROCK UNCLEAR.

Comments on development

  • GOSSAN DISCOVERED BY HUNTER; MINOR AMOUNT OF BLASTING AND HAND WORK EXPOSED A FACE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL. PROSPECTING PERFORMED UNDER BLM PERMIT NO. A03771. ; ECON.COM: PROSPECT IS IN REMOTE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ALONG A SHEAR ZONE. NO COPPER MINERALS OR STAIN WERE OBSERVED. ; INFO.SRC : 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

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

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