Mine detail: Galup Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.83729, -80.73397

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR, POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1861

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Gossan Lead Overthrust; Blue Ridge Anticlinorium Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Overthrust
Tectonic:	Orogen
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W030854
DEP	10079982
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:: KLINE, M.H., AND BALLARD, T.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4532, 39 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE REPT., 21 P.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL 72.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINE OPENED}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)