Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryLead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Ore controlLenticular Troughs
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueBiotite, Muscovite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, Three Phases Of Regional Deformation., N20e, 50se Schistosity
Tectonic settingOrogen
AlterationLow Grade Regional Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1857
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10079995
MRDS IDW030870
Alternate namesM. Wilkerson Tract Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates36.72619, -80.91092
References
CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT, HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.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.WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.CONLEY, JAMES F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33 P.1857 DIREXPL YARNELL MINING CO.: OPENED MINE1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.CURREY (1859)