Mine detail: Goad Mine

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Location:	Carroll County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.7834, -80.5998
dep_id:	10079984
mrds_id:	W030856
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
gangue:	Actinolite, Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
alteration:	Metamorphosed
conc_proc:	Metamorphism
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit:	Hornblende Gneiss;Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type:	Schist
arock_unit:	Hornblende Gneiss
arock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic:	Orogen
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1861
References:	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.