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Molybdenite from
Ridgeway Mine, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ridgeway Mine, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:480601
Long-form Identifier:1:3:480601:1
GUID (UUID V4):b05d8077-2c4c-4026-8aae-4ccfa6cf9e5b
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Report (issue)
SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGY Volume 40 The Carolina Terrane in Northeastern South Carolina: History of an...History of Eocambrian Rocks (Ridgeway Gold Mine, South Carolina), Carolina Terrane Mervin J. Bartholomew...Bartholomew, Amy E. Whitaker, Chris A Barker 17 The Ridgeway Gold Deposits: A Window to the Evolution of a Neoproterozoic...Neoproterozoic Intra-Arc Basin in the Carolina Terrane, South Carolina Kenneth A. Gillon, T. Langdon Mitchell...Field Guide to the Geology of the Ridgeway-Camden Area, South Carolina Piedmont Donald T. Secor, Jr., Chris
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina R. A. AYUSO,† U.S. Geological Survey...Formation host the largest known gold mines of the Carolina slate belt. U-Pb (SHRIMP) zircon ages have been...ash-flow tuffs from the Champion pit), and from the Ridgeway deposit (felsic ash-flow tuff from the stratigraphic... 553 ± 2 Ma for Haile, and 556 ± 2 Ma for the Ridgeway deposit. These zircon crystallization ages represent...pyrite, enargite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite) and silicate minerals (K-feldspar, and sericite)
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY http://carolinageologicalsociety.org/ 2015 Board of Directors Officers...Tectonic history of the eastern Piedmont in South Carolina Donald T. Secor, Jr, C. Scott Howard, and Robert...................... 1 The Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina, USA James M. Berry, Reid M. Mobley, Kenneth............................ 44 STOP 5: Haile Gold Mine Core and Poster Presentation (Lunch) ............................................... 51 iii Carolina Geological Society Field Trip October 24-25, 2015
Report (issue)
Gold Deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, Southeastern United States: Age and Origin of the Major Gold..., and Ayuso, R.A., 2012, Gold deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, southeastern United States—Age and...18. Historic open pit of the Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina ..........................................tonnages for deposit types similar to the Haile and Ridgeway deposits ................................ 3 Geologic.... 4 The regional distribution of rocks in the Carolina and Avalonian tectonic zones.................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLOFORM PYRITE AT THE HAILE GOLD DEPOSIT, SOUTH CAROLINA: A TEXTURAL KEY TO GENESIS NORA FOLEY,† ROBERT...Auriferous iron sulfide-bearing deposits of the Carolina slate belt have distinctive mineralogical and...events. Ore horizons at the Haile deposit, South Carolina, contain many remnants of early pyrite: (1)...in other major deposits of the Carolina slate belt, such as Ridgeway and Barite Hill, and these provide...processes. Exploration strategies applied to the Carolina slate belt and correlative rocks in the eastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Timing of Mineralization at the Haile Gold Mine, South Carolina* Reid M. Mobley,1,2 Gene M. Yogodzinski...Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St., EWSC617, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 2 Haile 3 Department...Department Gold Mine Incorporated, 7283 Haile Gold Mine Road, Kershaw, South Carolina 29067 of Earth...mineralization at the Haile gold deposit in South Carolina are provided by radiometric dating of igneous...on impure mineral separates of fine-grained molybdenite containing variable quantities of pyrite, pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
239–256 The Russell Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, North Carolina TERRY L. KLEIN,† U.S. Geological...Abstract Gold deposits have been mined in the Carolina slate belt from the early 1800s to recent times...large mines in South Carolina. The Russell mine, one of the larger producers in North Carolina, is located...has shown that a rhyolitic dome near the Russell mine was extruded during the deposition of the lower...larger, well known Brewer, Haile, and Ridgeway deposits of South Carolina. Gold was mined from at least six
Report (issue)
occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina ..... 67 Table 12 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina ..... 85 Table 15 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of North Carolina................................77 Figure 17. Uranium...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of South Carolina. ............*......*...........86 Figure 20...uranium: northwestern Michigan, northwestern North Carolina; a belt extending from eastern Pennsylvania, across
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at the Barite Hill Gold Deposit, Carolina Slate Belt, southeastern United States: a window...Hill gold deposit, at the southwestern end of the Carolina slate belt in the southeastern United States,...Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA e-mail: rseal@usgs.gov; Fax: +1-703-6486383 for...Barite Hill deposit in South Carolina is one of four gold mines in the Carolina slate belt of the southeastern...four deposits, Barite Hill [1.8 metric tons (t)], Ridgeway (56.7 t), Haile (48.1 t), and Brewer (5.4 t),
Report (issue)
IN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES ...for the general welfare of the dtizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts basic and applied research...Resources, at Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687, or call (919) 733-2423. Jeffrey C...Geologist GOLD NORTH CAROLINA IN . by P. Albert Carpenter III NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INFORMATION...INFORMATION CIRCULAR 29 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Report (issue)
pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ ...between pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight mine ______ _______________...of granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9....and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Keith, Arthur, Gafiney-Kings Mt- Folio, South and North Carolina: U. ,5. Geol. Suraey, Geol. Folio 222...tin-bearing pegmatites of the pp' 111Erongo area, South-West Aftica Trans. Geol. Soc.S' AJrica,32 (for 1929)...Geology and ore deposits of the Alma district, Park County' . e o l .S u n e y , B u l l . 3 , p . 4 6 , t... The pegmatites of the Amelia, Goochland, and Ridgeway areas, Virginia: Amer. Jour. ol Sci. (5),17,p'...K"ith, Arthur, Gafiney-Kings Mt. Folio, South and North Carolina: [/' S' Geol. Suroey, Geol. Folio 222
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Ore-Forming Events in the Cadia District, New South Wales, Australia ALAN J. WILSON,†,* DAVID R. COOKE...Newcrest Mining Limited, Cadia Road, Orange, New South Wales 2800, Australia Abstract The Cadia district...belt of New South Wales, Australia, comprises four gold-copper porphyry deposits (Ridgeway, Cadia Quarry...intrusions and Re-Os dating of hydrothermal molybdenite from the deposits has revealed the presence of...intrusive complex related to mineralization at Ridgeway and a quartz monzonite porphyry stock that lies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cadia district, eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales, and its relationship to shoshonitic magmatism...Discovered in 1992 by Newcrest Mining Limited, pre-mine resources in the district were in excess of 585...Belt in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB) of New South Wales. An island arc tectonic setting is envisaged...principal porphyry deposits (Cadia Hill, Cadia Ridgeway, Cadia East/Cadia Far East and Cadia Quarry) as...the eastern part of the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales (Müller et al. 1994; Heithersay and Walshe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology Vol. 98, 2003, pp. 1637–1666 The Ridgeway Gold-Copper Deposit: A High-Grade Alkalic Porphyry...Porphyry Deposit in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales, Australia ALAN J. WILSON,†,* DAVID R. COOKE...79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract Ridgeway is a high-grade gold-copper porphyry deposit (54...deposit occurs within the Cadia district of New South Wales, Australia, which consists of a cluster of...volcanic arc. Alteration and mineralization at Ridgeway are zoned around a vertically attenuated intrusive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(including Scotland), and in the Gondwanaland belt of South America, Africa, India, and Australia. In addition...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...and India; and the beryl pegmatites of BraziI and South Africa. PelBozorc PncuerrrBs Pegmatites of Paleozoic...the ore deposits of the New England area of New South Wales are related to Carboniferous and PermoCarboniferous... The pegmatites of the Amelia, Goochland, and Ridgeway areas, Virginia: Am Jour. Scr. (5), vol. 17, pp
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
Journal (issue)
world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ization in Parasitic Antiforms, Haile Gold Mine, Carolina Slate Belt NICHOLAS HAYWARD* GeologyDepartment...Strata-boundAu-Ag-Momineralizationin the Halle gold mine area is hostedby several ellipsoidal,pyrite-qua...involved:(I) fine-grainedquartz-pyrite(_ K feldsparq- molybdenite)replacementalongbeddingandS• in someanticlinalfoldhinges...locallyextensive medium-to coarse-grained pyrite (q- molybdenite)replacementalongsericitichigh strain zones.StagesII...ofTaconian orogenesis. Introduction THE Haile gold mine is located near Kershaw,LancasterCounty, in the
Book (volume)
acquarie Volcanic Arc, Eastern Lachlan Orogen in New South Wales, Australia: A Review 71 Mike Porter and Richard.............................................. 27 SOUTH AM ERICA .........................................Geology of the A ntam ina Copper-Zinc Deposit, Peru, South America Eric J. Lipten and Scott Wt Smith ........Geology of the Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah Charles H. Phillips, Edward D. Harrison and...married in 1972 and their daughter Cath was bom in South Africa in 1975. As a family they settled in Australia
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Pyrite l .ocllingite Marcasite Arsenopyrite Molybdenite Sylvanite VVittichcnite Tetrahedrite Tennantite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous
Report (issue)
CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND FIELD TRIP NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA...THE CAROLINA TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ONE ARC, TWO ARCS, OLD ARC, NEW ARC THE CAROLINA TERRANE...TERRANE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS: James Hibbard and Jeff Pollock TRIP LEADERS: James Hibbard,...Ganis Carolina Geological Society Annual Meeting, November 8-10, 2013 Salisbury, North Carolina Carolina...Waddell University of South Carolina Allen Dennis University of South Carolina, Aiken Vice President
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic... Moat Mountain and related areas, Carroll County, NH, USA Conway Granite in White Mountain intrusive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polycrase, monazite, xenotime, lithiophilite, molybdenite, bismuth, scheelite and chalcopyrite. It is in...hydrothermar quartz-tourmaline veins. Erongo, Area, South-West Africo (Gevers and Frommurze, 1929; Gevers...lepidolite, alkali tourmaline, triplite, lantlite, molybdenite, arsenopyrite and bismuth minerals. Kabba Province...granite and are especially developed along the south or hanging-wall side of the pluton. Three well-defined...within the granite close to both the north and south contacts and in the metamorphic rocks as far as
 
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