Mine detail: Iron Ridge Mine

Previously called 'Huey PitBumbarger PitGreat Outburst MineMonarat Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71536, -80.92453

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Iron, Pig Iron
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Actinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Graphite, Ilmenite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rutile, Tremolite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1789

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1789

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Siltstone,Arkose
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend, Gossan Lead Overthrust, Fries Overthrust, Main Sulfide Zone Strikes N. 45 Deg. E. And Dips 30-60 Deg. Se., Foliation Strikes Ne, Dips 15-30 Deg. Se.
Tectonic:Orogen
Alteration processes:(Almandine)-Medium Grade Regional Metamorphism Has Converted Pyritic Mass To Pyrrhotite During Arcadian (?) Orogeny.

References

MRDSW030857
DEP10106170
Reference{Deposit:: CURREY, R.O., 1859, A GEOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE VIRGINIA COPPER REGION: KNOXVILLE, TENN., BECKETT HAWS AND CO.; REPRINTED IN PART UNDER THE COPPER AND IRON REGION OF THE FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA ETC.: THE VIRGINIAS, 1880, V. 1, P. 62-64, 69-71, 74-77, 80-81, 95.}{Deposit:: GAIR, J.E. (ED.), 1978, MASSIVE SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: INT* GEOL. CORRELATION PROGRAMME, PROJECT NO. 60, 112 P.}{Deposit:: GAIR, J.E. AND SLACK, J.F., 1978, STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. APPALACHIANS: REVIEW OF STRATABOUND APPALACHIAN-CALEDONIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS: IRELAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (IN PRESS).}{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J. AND RAMAN, N.D., 1948, THE GOSSAN LEAD, CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN FILE REPORT, 19 P.}{Deposit:: 1789 DIREXPL EARLIEST MINING OF GOSSAN FOR IRON}{Deposit:: 1850 DIREXPL WISTAR COPPER MINING CO.: MINING OF SUPERGENE COPPER.}{Deposit:: 1880 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING CO.: MINING OF GOSSAN FOR IRON AND COPPER, LATER MINING OF PYRRHOTITE}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.}{Deposit:: 1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: WRIGHT AND RAMAN (1948), GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION (1962). NOTE REFERENCE LIST BELOW AND FOR GOSSAN MINE AND GOSSAN HOWARD MINE.}{Production:: POOLE (1973)}{Reserve-Resource:: GAIR, & SLACK (1978)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)