Mine detail: Galup Mine

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Location:	Carroll County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.83729, -80.73397
dep_id:	10079982
mrds_id:	W030854
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Iron, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Muscovite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR, POD/LENS
model:	91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
alteration:	Regional Metamorphism
conc_proc:	Supergene Enrichment For Gossan And Copper. Sulfides Emplaced Possibly As A Submarine Precipitate Resulting From Exhalations From A Volcanic Vent.
ore_ctrl:	Lenticular Troughs
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit:	Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Gossan Lead Overthrust; Blue Ridge Anticlinorium Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Overthrust
tectonic:	Orogen
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1861
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1861
References:	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