Mine detail: Gossan Lead District

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Location

Lat / long:

36.72285, -80.91647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Actinolite, Tremolite, Biotite, Chlorite, Muscovite, Barite
Other material:	Arsenopyrite, Galena

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Ashe Formation
Host type:	Amphibole Schist
Structure:	Fries thrust sheet
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province
Alteration processes:	Amphibolite Metamorphism

References

DEP	10307220
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.}{Geology:: Gair, J.E. and Slack, J.F., 1984, Deformation, geochemistry, and origin of massive sulfide deposits, Gossan Lead District, Virginia: Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 1483 - 1520.}
Reporter	Woodruff, Laurel G.