Mine detail: Ridgeway Hematite Mine

Previously called 'Treadway'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.99313, -79.47559

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite
Orebody form:	PROBABLY LENSES AND BEDDED BASED ON SIMILAR DEPOSITS TO NE
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Ne Trending Fault Nw Block Up Se Block Down, <0.5 Mile From Bowe * Creek Fault.
Tectonic:	Window Through Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDS	VA01723
DEP	10067239
Reference	MARR, J.D.K 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49
Reporter	As