Mine detail: Goad Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.7834, -80.5998

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Gangue: Actinolite, Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1861

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Hornblende Gneiss
Associated type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:Metamorphosed

References

MRDSW030856
DEP10079984
Reference{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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1939 RECON VA. GEOL. SURV.: BULL. 72.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL VIRGINIA COPPER CO. (?): OPENED MINE.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)