Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryArsenic, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Ore controlLenticular Troughs
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueMuscovite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Lynchburg Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se.
Tectonic settingOrogen
Alteration(Almandine)-Medium Grade Regional Metamorphism.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1857
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10079997
MRDS IDW030872
Alternate namesYarnell Tract Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7223, -80.91481
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.HENRY, D.K., CRAIG, J.R., AND GILBERT, M.C., 1979, ORE MINERALOGY OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, VIRGINIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 3, P. 645-656.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.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)