Ridgeway gold deposit
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The Ridgeway gold deposit is a significant gold ore body located within South Carolina’s Carolina Slate Belt, known for its past-producing open-pit gold mining operations.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold deposit
ⓘ
mineral deposit ⓘ ore body ⓘ |
| alteration |
pyritization
ⓘ
sericitization ⓘ silicification ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carolina Slate Belt gold mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commodity | gold ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discoveredIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | source of gold for South Carolina ⓘ |
| geologicalProvince | Carolina terrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | slate belt ⓘ |
| hostRock |
metasedimentary rocks
ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carolina Slate Belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ eastern Piedmont region ⓘ |
| minedBy | open-pit mining ⓘ |
| miningMethod | open pit ⓘ |
| oreControl |
structurally controlled
ⓘ
vein and disseminated mineralization ⓘ |
| oreMineral |
native gold
ⓘ
pyrite-associated gold ⓘ |
| oreType |
disseminated gold
ⓘ
lode gold ⓘ |
| partOf | Appalachian gold province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | significant gold producer in the Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ |
| status | past-producing gold mine ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.