Mine detail: El Tigre Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.214, -84.3463

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Alluvial Gravels;Unit 3 , Ocoee Series, Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone
Host type:Alluvium

References

MRDSK001251
DEP10025388
Reference{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ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS, 92 P.}{Deposit:: HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV.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}
ReporterHale, Robin C.