Mine detail: Ridgeway Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.26653, -80.87451

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Arsenic, Molybdenum
Ore: Pyrrhotite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Sericite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1969

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrmal Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1988

Geology

Host rock:Sawne* Creek Volcanic Rocks
Host type:Mafic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:Bear Creek Sedimentary Rocks
Associated type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Silicic, Sericitic, Chloritic

References

MRDSTC00005
DEP10056348
Reference{Deposit:: DUCKETT, R.P., AND GILLON, K.A., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE RIDGEWAY GOLD DEPOSITS, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C., IN SECOR, D.T., JR., ED., SOUTHEASTERN GOLD EXCURSIONS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, SOUTHEAST SECTION, COLUMBIA, S.C., APRIL 4-10, 1988.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1988, P. 369.}{Deposit:: Duckett, R.P., And Gillon, K.A., 1988, Economic Geology Of The Ridgeway Gold Deposits, Fairfield County, S.C., In Secor, D.T., Jr., Ed., Southeastern Gold Excursions: Geological Society Of America, Southeast Section, Columbia, S.C., April Duckett, R.P., And Gillon, K.A., 1988, Economic Geology Of The Ridgeway Gold Deposits, Fairfield County, S.C., In Secor, D.T., Jr., Ed., Southeastern Gold Excursions: Geological Society Of America, Southeast Section, Columbia, S.C., April}
ReporterSchmidt, R.G.;, Nicholson, S.W., Marcus, Sue