| Deposit ID | 10106170 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030857 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Ridge Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Great Outburst Mine, Monarat Mine, Huey Pit, Bumbarger Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -80.92453, 36.71536 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 786 |
| Relative position | 5.7 KM (3.6 MI) NORTH OF GALAX. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carroll(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper New(hydrologic unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)
Ohio(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Carroll |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron, Pig Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Ilmenite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | AVG GRADE: 35% FE, 1.5% ZN, 0.5% CU, 0.1% PB, 25% S AND 37.9% GANGUE (WT%). |
|---|
| Model code | 91 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24b |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits) |
| Mark3 model number | 30 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lynchburg Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| (1) | Ashe Formation - Biotite gneiss |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 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. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Foliation Strikes Ne, Dips 15-30 Deg. Se. |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N. 45 DEG. E. |
| Dip | 45 DEG. SE |
| Thickness | 5M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1789 |
| Year of first production | 1789 |
| District name | Iron Ridge Segment/Gossan Lead District/Southern Section - Blue Ridge Province |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pulaski Mining Co. Of General Chemical Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allied Chemical Corp. |
| Year | 1900 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1880-1900 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | FE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore: 41-42% Fe | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030857 |
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.
GAIR, J.E. (ED.), 1978, MASSIVE SULFIDES OF VIRGINIA FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: INTN'L GEOL. CORRELATION PROGRAMME, PROJECT NO. 60, 112 P.
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).
1789 DIREXPL EARLIEST MINING OF GOSSAN FOR IRON
1850 DIREXPL WISTAR COPPER MINING CO.: MINING OF SUPERGENE COPPER.
1880 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING CO.: MINING OF GOSSAN FOR IRON AND COPPER, LATER MINING OF PYRRHOTITE
1911 RECON W.H. WEED: BULL. 455.
1935 RECON C.S. ROSS: PROF. PAPER 179.
1948 RECON R.J. WRIGHT & N.D. RAMAN: OPEN-FILE REPORT.
WRIGHT AND RAMAN (1948), GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION (1962). NOTE REFERENCE LIST BELOW AND FOR GOSSAN MINE AND GOSSAN HOWARD MINE.
POOLE (1973)
GAIR, & SLACK (1978)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THICKNESS ABOVE MEASURED IN WALL; PROBABLY IN MIDDLE OF PIT, LENS WAS THICKER. |
| Deposit | UNDERGROUND WORKINGS IN REGION KNOWN AS AND LISTED UNDER "GOSSAN MINE". MODERN DAY OPERATIONS LISTED UNDER GOSSAN HOWARD MINE. FOR REFERENCES CONSULT LISTINGS UNDER A FOREMENTIONED MINES AS WELL AS THOSE LISTED BELOW. GOSSAN LEAD INITIALLY KNOWN AS THE "NORTHERN LEAD" AND AS THE "COPPER LODE." NOTE: THIS MINE IS ERRONEOUSLY LISTED AS THE "IRON KING" MINE IN HENRY, D.K., CRAIG, J.R., AND GILBERT, M.C., 1979, ORE MINERALOGY OF THE GREAT GOSSAN LEAD, VIRGINIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 645-656. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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