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Ridgeway Hematite Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067239
MRDS ID VA01723
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgeway Hematite Mine
Alternate or previous names Treadway

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.47559, 36.99313 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF PITTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pittsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • REACHED BY DIRT ROAD EAST THEN NE FROM ROUTE 608 FOR 0.3 MILE. ROAD ENTRANCE IS 0.1 MILE NORTH OF JNC OF ROUTE 608 AND R. 672.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Fork Mountain Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Nw Block Up Se Block Down, <0.5 Mile From Bowen'S Creek Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY LENSES AND BEDDED BASED ON SIMILAR DEPOSITS TO NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound: Originally Formed From Metal Rich Marine Brines Related To Rift-Related Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1885

Mining district

District name James River Roanoke River Manganese Iron Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Treadway

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 256.03M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 50 FEET WIDE NW TREND 50 FEET LONG, THEN DUE WEST FOR 200 FEET, ABOUT 35 FEET DEEP. TOTAL OPEN CUT 840 FEET LONG NE TREND!

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARR, J.D.K 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE GRAINED SPECULAR HEMATITE 0.5 -1 MM NOTED IN SANDY REDDISH BLACK MATRIX
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-87 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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