Mindat Logo

Michigan, USA

The lower peninsula contains the Michigan Basin, an area of sedimentary rocks covered by glacial deposits. The upper peninsula is more mineralogically diverse with large deposits of native copper (the Keweenaw peninsula) in Keweenaw, Houghton and Ontonagon counties. Precambrian iron formation was mined in the Gogebic, Marquette and Menominee iron ranges in Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson and Marquette counties. There are also kimberlites and gold deposits in this part of the state.



References:
- E. W. Heinrich and G. W. Robinson (2004): Mineralogy of Michigan, xx pp.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Aegirine
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Albite
       var: Oligoclase
       var: Peristerite
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • Algodonite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Almandine
  • Aluminoceladonite
  • Alunite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
       var: Uralite
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Anilite
  • Ankerite
  • Annabergite
  • Anorthite
       var: Bytownite
       var: Labradorite
  • Anthonyite (TL)
  • Anthophyllite
  • Antigorite
       var: Picrolite
  • Antimony
  • 'Apatite'
       'var: Collophane'
  • Apatite-(CaCl)
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
  • 'Aphrosiderite'
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Apophyllite-(KF)
  • Aragonite
       var: Flos Ferri
  • Argentopentlandite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • 'Asbestos'
  • Atacamite
  • Augite
  • 'Axinite'
  • Axinite-(Mg)
  • Azurite
  • Babingtonite
  • Baryte
  • Bassetite
  • 'Bastnäsite'
  • Bastnäsite-(Ce)
  • Beryl
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • 'Bitumen'
  • Bornite
  • Brannerite
  • Braunite
  • Britholite-(Y)
  • Brochantite
  • Brookite
  • Brucite
  • Buttgenbachite
  • Calcite
       var: Anthraconite
       var: Manganoan Calcite
  • Calumetite (TL)
  • Carbonatecyanotrichite
  • Carnallite
  • Cassiterite
  • Celadonite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chalcanthite
  • 'Chalcedony'
       'var: Agate'
       'var: Carnelian'
       'var: Lake Superior Agate'
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalconatronite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
       var: Thuringite
  • Cheralite
  • Chervetite
  • Chlorartinite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
       var: Brunsvigite
  • Chloritoid
  • Chromite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chrysotile
  • Cinnabar
  • Clinochlore
       var: Delessite
       var: Diabantite
       var: Pennine
       var: Ripidolite
  • Clinochrysotile
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Clinozoisite
  • 'Coal
    var: Bituminous Coal'
  • Columbite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Conichalcite
  • Connellite
  • Copiapite
  • Copper
  • 'Copper Stain'
  • Cordierite
  • Coronadite
  • Corrensite
  • Corundum
  • Covellite
  • Crednerite
  • Cryptomelane
  • Cubanite
  • Cummingtonite
  • Cuprite
       var: Chalcotrichite
  • Datolite
  • Daubréelite
  • Diamond
  • Dickite
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
       var: Schefferite
  • Dioptase
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
       var: Ferroan Dolomite
  • Domeykite
  • Dyscrasite
  • Edenite
  • Enstatite
       var: Bronzite
  • Epidote
  • Epsomite
  • Erythrite
  • Euclase
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • 'Faujasite'
  • Fayalite
  • Ferberite
  • Ferrimolybdite
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Geikielite
  • Gerhardtite
  • Gersdorffite
  • Gibbsite
  • Glauconite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Graphite
  • Greenalite
  • Greenockite
  • Greigite
  • Groutite
  • Grunerite
  • Guérinite
  • Gypsum
       var: Alabaster
       var: Satin Spar Gypsum
       var: Selenite
  • 'Halfbreed'
  • Halite
  • Halloysite
  • Halotrichite
  • Hausmannite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
       var: Martite
       var: Specularite
  • Hessite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Heulandite-Ca
  • Hexahydrite
  • Hisingerite
  • Hollandite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Humboldtine
  • 'Hydrohausmannite'
  • Hydromagnesite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Hypersthene
  • Iddingsite
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite
  • Iron
    var: Kamacite
  • Jacobsite
  • 'Jaspillite'
  • Kamiokite
  • Kaolinite
  • 'Kelyphite'
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Kinoite
  • Kochkarite
  • Koutekite
  • Kutnohorite
  • Kyanite
  • Langite
  • Laumontite
  • Lavendulan
  • Lechatelierite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Leucoxene
  • Likasite
  • Limonite
  • Lizardite
  • Macfallite (TL)
  • Mackinawite
  • Magnesioriebeckite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Manganite
  • Manganocummingtonite
  • Marcasite
  • Margarite
  • Maucherite
  • Meionite
  • Melanterite
  • Melilite
  • Merrillite
  • Mesolite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Metatyuyamunite
  • 'Mica Group'
  • Microcline
       var: Ferruginous Microcline
  • Millerite
  • Minnesotaite
  • Mirabilite
  • 'Mohawkite'
  • Molybdenite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Monohydrocalcite
  • Monticellite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Montroseite
  • Moolooite
  • Mottramite
  • Muscovite
       var: Fuchsite
  • Nacrite
  • Nantokite
  • Natrojarosite
  • Natrolite
  • Neltnerite
  • Neotocite
  • Nickeline
  • Nickelskutterudite
       var: Chloanthite
  • Nontronite
  • Olivenite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Orientite
  • Orthochamosite
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
  • Otavite
  • Palygorskite
  • Paragonite
  • Paramelaconite
  • Pararammelsbergite
  • Paratacamite
  • Pargasite
  • Paxite
  • Pecoraite
  • Pentlandite
  • Perovskite
  • 'Perthite'
  • 'Petoskey Stone'
  • Pharmacolite
  • Phlogopite
  • Pickeringite
  • Picropharmacolite
  • Pigeonite
  • Plancheite
  • 'Plessite'
  • Polyhalite
  • Posnjakite
  • Powellite
  • Prehnite
  • 'Prochlorite'
  • Pseudomalachite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • 'Pumpellyite'
  • Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
  • Pumpellyite-(Mg) (TL)
       var: Chlorastrolite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyrope
  • Pyrophyllite
  • Pyrostilpnite
  • Pyroxmangite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Chert
       var: Flint
       var: Jasper
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
       var: Taconite
  • Rammelsbergite
  • Rauenthalite
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • Riebeckite
  • Romanèchite
  • Rutherfordine
  • Rutile
  • Sainfeldite
  • Sanidine
  • Saponite
  • 'Scapolite'
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Schreibersite
  • Seamanite (TL)
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Serpentine Group'
  • Shigaite
  • Shuiskite
  • Siderite
       var: Manganoan Siderite ?
  • Siegenite
  • Silicon
  • Sillimanite
  • Silver
  • Skutterudite
    var: Smaltite
  • Smithsonite
  • Spertiniite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
  • Spodumene
  • Starkeyite
  • Staurolite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Stilbite-Ca
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Strontianite
  • Sudoite
  • Sulphur
  • Sussexite
  • Sylvite
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Szaibélyite
  • Taenite
  • Talc
       var: Beaconite
       var: Steatite
  • Tangeite
  • Tantalite
  • Tellurium
  • Tellurobismuthite
  • Tenorite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thermonatrite
  • 'Thomsonite'
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Tremolite
  • Troilite
  • Trona
  • Tsumoite
  • Tyrolite
  • Tyuyamunite
  • Uraninite
       var: Pitchblende
  • Uranophane
  • Uranospinite
  • Uvarovite
  • Vaterite
  • Vermiculite
  • Veszelyite
  • Violarite
  • Vivianite
  • Vladimirite
  • Volborthite
  • Volynskite
  • Vonsenite
  • Wairakite
  • Wakefieldite-(Y)
  • Whewellite
  • Widenmannite
  • Wilcoxite
  • Witherite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wroewolfeite
  • Wurtzite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Xonotlite
  • Zeophyllite ?
  • Zircon
       var: Hyacinth
  • Zoisite


    419 entries listed. 315 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Michigan
      • Alcona Co.
      • Grand Traverse Co.
    USA
     
    • Michigan
      • Keweenaw Co.
      • Lake Co.
      • Lapeer Co.
      • Leelanau Co.
      • Livingston Co.
      • Luce Co.
      • Missaukee Co.
      • Montmorency Co.
      • Osceola Co.
      • Oscoda Co.
      • Otsego Co.
      • Roscommon Co.

    The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database!
    This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to find out how you can sponsor this page.


    Mineral and/or Locality
    Google
     
    www.mindat.org Web
    Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2009. Jobs in Michigan, USA Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.Further information contact the Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of hundreds of members and supporters. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register.