Specimen Number23-1-006CommentsFrom Bob Carpenter research collection. Excellent example showing bedding and penetrative cleavage. In photo, bedding is diagonal top right to bottom left, cleavage is nearly horizontal.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)quartzsericiteRock Namesilicified metasedimentDistrictRidgewayMineRidgewayExternal LinkMindatDeposit TypeMetamorphosed EpithermalGeo-Coords[1] Reference MaterialACL-167: Kisvarsanyi, G., and Grant, S.K., eds., 1988, North American Conference on Tectonic Control of Ore Deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems; Proceedings Vol., Univ. Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 567 p.
ACL-180: Bell, H., III, and Siple, G.E., 1973, Geochemical Prospecting Using Water from Small Streams in Central South Carolina; U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 1378, Washington, D.C., 26 p.
ACL-181: Pardee, J.T., and Park, C.F., Jr., 1948, Gold Deposits of the Southern Piedmont; U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 213, Washington, D.C., 156 p.
ACL-189: Seiders, V.M., and Wright, J.E., 1977, Geology of the Carolina Volcanic Slate Belt in the Asheboro, North Carolina, Area; in Burt, E.R., ed., Field Guides for Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section meeting, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, p. 1-34.
ACL-191: Hatcher, R.D., and Butler, J.R., eds., 1979, Guidebook for Southern Appalachian Field Trip in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Northeastern Georgia, September 9-15, 1979; IGCP Proj. 27, 117 p.
ACL-192: Bell, H.B., III, Carpenter, R.H., and Feiss, P.G., 1980, Volcanogenic Ore Deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, in Frey, R.W., ed., Excursions in Southeastern Geology Vol. 1; Geol. Soc. Amer. Ann. Meeting, AGI, Falls Church, VA, p. 149-178.
ACL-195: Bearce, D.N., Black, W.W., Kish, S.A., and Tull, J.F., eds., 1982, Tectonic Studies in the Talladega and Carolina Slate Belts, Southern Appalachian Orogen; Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 191, Boulder, CO, 164 p.
ACL-197: Multiple authors and articles, 1982, Econ. Geol. Issue devoted to Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Southern Appalachians, p. 233-378.
ACL-206: Crowe, D.E., ed., 1995, Selected Mineral Deposits of the Gulf Coast and Southeast United States II. Gold Deposits of the Carolina Slate Belt, 9-11 November, 1995; Soc. Econ. Geol. Guidebook v. 24, 172 p.
ACL-207: Secor, D.T., Jr., ed., 1998, Special Issue Devoted to the 1998 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society; SC Dept. Nat. Res. v. 40, 83 p.
ACL-208: Secor, D.T., Jr., ed., 1998, Southeastern Geological Excursions, Field Trip 2: Gold Deposits of the South Carolina Slate Belt, April 4-10, 1988; Geol. Soc. Amer. SE Sect., p. 1-52.
Eager, G.W., 1997, Geology and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of the Ridgeway North Pit Au-Ag Deposit, Ridgeway, S.C.: Evidence for a Syngenetic Origin; University of Georgia MS thesis, 154 p.
23-1-006: silicified metasediment - Ridgeway District - Ridgeway Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 14/06/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/38050