| Deposit ID | 10056348 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC00005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ridgeway Mine |
| Related records | 10250269 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.87451, 34.26653 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fairfield(county)
South Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Longtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Wateree(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | South Carolina | Fairfield |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Bear Creek Sedimentary Rocks | ||
| Rock description | Bear Creek Sedimentary Rocks | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Sawney'S Creek Volcanic Rocks |
| Rock description | Sawney'S Creek Volcanic Rocks |
| (1) | -80.87451, 34.26653 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | SHALLOW |
| Plunge direction | NORTH |
| Length | 610M |
| Width | 305M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1969 |
| Discoverer | John Chapman |
| Year of first production | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Galactic Resources And Bp Minerals America |
| Year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.3 Opt | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 59.896HA |
| Overall depth | 137M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC00005 |
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.
MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1988, P. 369.
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
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NORTH ORE ZONE 610 X 305 M; SOUTH ORE ZONE 580 X 230 M |
| Deposit | TWO MAJOR OPEN PITS. THE SOUTHERN MOST WAS FIRST OPENED AND IS THE ONE DIGITIZED FOR LOCATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1989 | Schmidt, R.G.; | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1983 | Marcus, Sue | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-DEC-2002 | Nicholson, S.W. | U.S. Geological Survey | Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary |
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