Commodities
PrimaryIron, Pig Iron
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Lead, Iron, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Graphite, Ilmenite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rutile, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Lynchburg Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se., Foliation Strikes Ne, Dips Se.
Tectonic settingOrogen
Alteration(Almandine) - Medium Grade Regional Metamorphism Has Converted Pyritic Mass To Pyrrhotite During Arcadian (?) Orogeny.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1962
Discovery year1789
Identification
Deposit ID10080124
MRDS IDW031206
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.70869, -80.93148
References
HENRY, D.K., CRAIG, J.R., AND GILBERT, M.C., 1979, ORE MINERALOGY OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, VIRGINIA: ECON. GEOL., V.74, NO. 3, P. 645-656.POOLE, J.L., 1973, IRON SULFIDE MINES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 19, NO. 3, P. 29-33.ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. 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, BULL. 72, 233 P.1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF PAPER 179.1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.1962 DIREXPL ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP.: OPENED PIT1976 OTHER ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP: CEASED OPERATIONHENRY AND OTHERS (1979)