Pumphouse Workings

Occurrence 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. 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 10091849
MRDS ID K001205
Record type Site
Current site name Pumphouse Workings
Related records 10227087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.30658, 35.26733 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 MI. NW 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

Tellico Plains(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 NORTH SIDE OF SECONDARY ROAD; COORDINATES FOR CAVED ADIT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND PUMPHOUSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Lithiophorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POSITIVE PAN TEST VEIN QUARTZ IN STRIPPED AREA 100 FT. TO NORTH
Result CHANNEL SAMPLE METASILTSTONE AT CAVED ADIT CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.02 PPM GOLD BY AA
Result PANNED CONCENTRATE OF METASILTSTONE FROM CAVED ADIT CONTAINED VISIBLE GRAINS GOLD
Result LIMONITE CUBES AFTER PYRITE FROM METASILTSTONE AT CAVED ADIT CONTAINED MICROSCOPIC GOLD AND GOLD IN AMOUNTS UP TO 6 PPM BY AA
Result METASILTSTONE MINUS GOETHITE CUBES FROM CAVED, INCLINED ADIT 100 FT. WEST OF PUMPHOUSE CONTAINED 0.06 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) -84.30658, 35.26733

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IS IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Along Joint Or Sheared Zone

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

  • FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES NO PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN WITHIN SEQUENCE OF ANKERITIC METASILTSTONE WHICH CONTAINS VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF PYRITE CUBES OF METAMORPHIC ORIGIN. METASILTSTONE AND PYRITE CUBES ALSO CONTAIN VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF GOLD. SEE DISTRICT SUMMARY

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES IN VICINITY OF PUMPHOUSE, INCLUDING AN 18-FT. DEEP SHAFT A FEW TENS OF FT. BEHIND THE PUMPHOUSE. ; ECON.COM: ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THIS LOCALITY DEPENDENT UPON FREE-MARKET PRICE OF GOLD.

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 REMOTE. ; 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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