Unnamed Adit

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10091857
MRDS ID K001230
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adit
Related records 10227463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.31435, 35.23705 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MI. NE OF CATASKA SCHOOL

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

  • SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COOPER MINE BRANCH (UNNAMED ON MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result NEGATIVE PAN TESTS FOR GOLD ON QUARTZ VEINS IN ADIT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Set

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 Underground
    Length 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • A DRIFT 31 FT. FROM MOUTH OF ADIT WAS NOT EXAMINED BECAUSE OF STANDING WATER.

Comments on development

  • ADIT IS ONE OF SEVERAL IN VICINITY THAT WERE DRIVEN IN EFFORT TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD MINED AT COOPER TRACT (DEPOSIT NO. 70).

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 QUARTZ VEINS ALONG JOINTS IN COARSE- TO VERY COARSE-GRAINED, ARKOSIC METASANDSTONES OF UNIT 3 ARE TYPICALLY DEVOID OF GOLD. ; 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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