Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueMuscovite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist · Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation
StructureBlue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation.
AlterationLow Grade Regional Metamorphism (Almandine Garnet Zone)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1855
Last production1860
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10106168
MRDS IDW030840
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.82896, -80.74536
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.WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPT., 21 P.CONLEY, JAMES F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.LUTTRELL, GWENDOLYN W., 1966, BASE AND PRECIOUS - METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSTIS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167P.1855 DIREXPL MEIGS CO., TENN., & VA. MNG. CO.: OPENED MINE.1911 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 REPORTCURREY (1859)