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Gossan Mine

Past Producer in Carroll county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Pig Iron, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076212
MRDS ID W023155
Record type Site
Current site name Gossan Mine
Alternate or previous names Chestnut Yard Mine, Monarat Mines
Related records 10305598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.92203, 36.71536 (WGS84)
Elevation 774
Relative position 5.9 KM (3.7 MI) NORTH OF GALAX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carroll(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Carroll

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) ALONG SERVICE ROAD SSW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 607, 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 721 NORTH OF HICKORY FLAT. NE ADIT LOCATED AT UTM COORDINATES: N4063700, E507220.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron, Pig Iron Primary
Iron Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS PREDOMINANTLY PYRRHOTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) (Almandine)-Medium Grade Regional Metamorphism Has Converted Pyritic Mass To Pyrrhotite During Acadian(?) Orogeny.

Analytical data

Result AVG GRADE FOR GOSSAN LEAD SULFIDE ORE: 35% FE, 1.5% ZN, 0.5% CU, 0.1% PB, 25% S AND 37.9% GANGUE (WT%).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ashe Formation - Biotite gneiss
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Overthrust, Ne-Sw Trend, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N 45 Deg E And Dips 30-60 Se.

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N40-45 DEG E
    Dip 30-45 DEG SE
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1789
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Iron Ridge Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section - Blue Ridge Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pulaski Mining Co Of General Chemical Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1905-1962*
    Material ORE SUL
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^24-28% S
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Sulfur Sulfur 26wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDES ORE REMOVED FROM BUMBARGER AND HUEY PITS. ORE WAS SHIPPED TO ACID PLANT IN PULASKI AND UNTIL 1930, THE CINDERS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE PULASKI IRON COMPANY. IRON FIRST REFINED IN PULASKI (UNTIL 1930), THEN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE IRON RIDGE MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 212M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPED ON SEVEN LEVELS AT 30 M INTERVALS. ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE ORE WAS MINED ON THE 7TH LEVEL. IN 1974, THE UNDERGROUND MINE WAS COVERED BY THE DUMP AND TAILINGS POND. THE ADIT BY CHESTNUT CREEK WAS CLOSED OFF BY A WOODEN DOOR.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT DELINEATED HEREIN IS FOR UNDERGROUND MINING OPERATION ONLY. FOR SURFACE OPERATIONS, SEE IRON RIDGE MINE AND GOSSAN HOWARD MINE. ; ECON.YEAR: 1962 ; ECON.COM: MILL ERECTED IN 1938. ; MILL.CAP : 190

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE REPRESENTS THE UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITY IN THE IRON RIDGE SEGMENT, ALSO SEE REPORT FOR THE IRON RIDGE MINE INCLUDING HUEY AND BUMBARGER PITS PLUS FORMER OPERATIONS AND GOSSAN HOWARD MINE; ESPECIALLY FOR ADDITIONAL REFERENCES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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