Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryIron
TertiaryIron, Pig Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1861
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10080019
MRDS IDW030899
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.60952, -81.06287
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.ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 P.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, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179. }1943 RECON R.J. WRIGHT AND N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT . }1972 GEOLMAP D.W. RANKIN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.DIREXPL ANDREW HAMPTON: MINED COPPER ORE.DIREXPL MINED GOSSAN IRON.1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.STOSE AND STOSE (1957).