[Rockhounds] Correction: Mine Rescue Gossan Lead,

[Paul]

In [Rockhounds] Correction: Mine Rescue Gossan Lead,
On March 31, 2021, Drew wrotw:

 >The only other long lasting mine is named Betty Baker
 >Mine and is on the very Northern end of the Gossan Lead.
 >Betty Baker ore was also used for sulfuric acid, but it was
 >chiefly pyrite. Not a lot of contemporary documentation
 >about the mining that went on along this geologic feature,
 >but if anyone has any information about that area
 >please share.

A few publications,

Henry, D.K., Craig, J.R. and Gilbert, M.C., 1979. Ore
mineralogy of the Great Gossan Lead, Virginia. Economic
Geology, 74(3), pp.645-656.
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.847.1084&rep=rep1&type=pdf
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.847.1084&rank=1&q=Great%20Gossan%20Lead&osm=&ossid=

Craig, J.R., Henry, D.K. and Gilbert, M.C., 1978. The
Great Gossan Lead. in J.E. Gair, ed. Massive Sulfides
of Virginia Field Trip Blue Ridge Province
US Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092,
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1027.8032&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=60
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary;jsessionid=0EA948B0147F263D796BFA67B57AB542?doi=10.1.1.1027.8032&rank=1&q=Massive%20Sulfides%20of%20Virginia%20Field%20Trip&osm=&ossid= 


Henry, D.K., 1977. Ore mineralogy and paragenesis of a
portion of the Great Gossan Lead district, Virginia Master's
thesis, Virginia Tech.
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/43953?show=full
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/43953/LD5655.V855_1977.H45.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Wright, R.J. and Raman, N.D., 1948. The Gossan Lead,
Carroll County, Virginia. US Department of the Interior,
US Geological Survey.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr483

Yours,

Paul H.