Mine detail: Cooper Mine

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Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.23372, -84.31491
dep_id: 10025374
mrds_id: K001231
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Hydraulic
ore_ctrl: Placer
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Alluvium;Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1862
prod_yrs: 1870-1900
discr: Thomas Cooper
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  • Deposit:: ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS, 92 P.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
  • Production:: ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, COKER CREEK GOLD FIELDS
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