Mine detail: Alvin Branch Placer Workings

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Location

Lat / long: 35.24928, -84.32519

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1831

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1831

Geology

Host rock:Sand & Gravel;Unit 3 , Metasiltstone With Subordinate Metasandstone;Unit 2 , Metaconglomerate With Metasandstone
Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

MRDSK001263
DEP10025400
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78-107}{Deposit:: ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTE* THESIS, 92 P.}{Deposit:: HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV.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.