Tennessee · Monroe County
Occurrence

Boyd Mine

Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
Gold
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Commodities
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockSlate · Unit 2 , Metaconglomerates With Subordinate Arkosic Metasandstones & Metasiltstone
StructureNortheast-Trending, Asymmetric Folds
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10025351
MRDS IDK001196
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.27233, -84.23435
References
ASHLEY, G. H., 1911, THE GOLD FIELDS OF COKER CREEK, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE, V. 1, P. 78-107.ROVE, O. N., 1926, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GOLD DEPOSITS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS, 92 P.HALE, R. C., 1973, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE COKER CREEK DISTRICT, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, IN PRESS.1968 GEOLMAP TVA REPOR