| Location: | Carroll County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.80118, -80.78591 |
| dep_id: | 10082544 |
| mrds_id: | W055386 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Muscovite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| alteration: | Low Grade Regional Metamorphism (Garnet Grade) |
| conc_proc: | Exhalations From Distal Volcanic Vent(S) Produced Sulfides As Submarine Precipitates. Some Further Concentration Due To Metamorphism And Deformation, With Later Supergene Enrichment Of Copper Ores. |
| Reporter: | Myers, Lesley L (Sweet, Palmer C) |
| hrock_unit: | Lynchburg Group, Ashe Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Thrust, 3 Phases Of Regional Deformation |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1861 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT; VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.
- Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION; KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, BECKETT, HAWS AND CO., REPRINTED IN PART UNDER COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA, ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, VOLUME 1, P.62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
- Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166P.
- Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND RAMAN, R.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 21P.
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