Mine detail: Gossan Mine

Previously called 'Chestnut Yard MineMonarat Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71536, -80.92203

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Pig Iron
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Actinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Graphite, Ilmenite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rutile, Tremolite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1789

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Phyllite,Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Overthrust, Ne-Sw Trend, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N 45 Deg E And Dips 30-60 Se.
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:(Almandine)-Medium Grade Regional Metamorphism Has Converted Pyritic Mass To Pyrrhotite During Acadian(?) Orogeny.

References

MRDSW023155
DEP10076212
Reference{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION, 1962, BRIEF OUTLINE OF GOSSAN MINE OPERATIONS, GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION, ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 11 P}{Deposit:: POOLE, J L, 1973, IRON SULFIDE MINES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V 19, NO 3, P 29-33.}{Deposit:: 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}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 19 P.}{Deposit:: 1925 DIREXPL PUL ASKI MINING CO: BEGAN UNDERGROUND MINING}{Deposit:: 1935 OTHER C S ROSS: PROF PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1948 OTHER R J WRIGHT AND N D RAMAN: OPEN FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1962 OTHER GENERAL CHEMICAL DIV: CEASED MINING}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: POOLE (1973)}
ReporterUnknown, Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)