Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
GangueActinolite, Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Associated rockSchist · Hornblende Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationMetamorphosed
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10079983
MRDS IDW030855
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7834, -80.5998
References
STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.1939 RECON VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.DIREXPL VIRGINIA COPPER CO. (?): OPENED MINE.