Mine detail: Lost River Mine

Previously called 'Big Branch Workings'

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Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.26789, -84.26019
dep_id: 10025352
mrds_id: K001197
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Tourmaline, Zircon
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Hydraulic
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_type: Alluvium
Year first produced: 1970
prod_yrs: 1970 TO PRESENT
discr: Miles Witt
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  • Deposit:: ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS, 92 P.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
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