Mine detail: Calico Trenches

Previously called 'Calico Veins'

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Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.234, -84.31324
dep_id: 10025375
mrds_id: K001232
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Lithiophorite, Muscovite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Joint Set
Reporter: Hale, Robin C.
hrock_unit: Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
Structure: Northeast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds
tectonic: Geosyncline
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1865
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  • Deposit:: ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS, 92 P.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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