| Location: | Carroll County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.79979, -80.79008 |
| dep_id: | 10106171 |
| mrds_id: | W030869 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Iron, Iron, Pig Iron, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Muscovite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | POD/LENS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| alteration: | Regional Metamorphism |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Enrichment Of Copper Ores. 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,Gneiss |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Fries Overthrust, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se. |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1855 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1861 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., 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, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.
- Deposit:: ROSS, C.S., 1935, ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 179, 165 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:: 1855 DIREXPL TENN. & VA. MINING CO.: OPENED MINE.
- 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.
- Production:: CURREY (1859)
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