Hard Rock fissure, Mosquito Mining District, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Hard Rock fissure | Fissure |
Mosquito Mining District | Mining District |
Copper Harbor | Unincorporated Community |
Grant Township | Township |
Keweenaw County | County |
Michigan | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 25' 54'' North , 87° 57' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Deposit first discovered:
1998
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Copper Harbor | 108 (2017) | 6.5km |
Ahmeek | 146 (2017) | 36.3km |
Copper City | 187 (2017) | 36.4km |
Laurium | 1,941 (2017) | 42.6km |
Calumet | 703 (2017) | 42.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
206936
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:206936:7
GUID (UUID V4):
20627ef4-7cb9-47ab-a227-7ba2f6089ef4
Four inch wide copper bearing quartz-prehnite vein approximately 0.5 miles northwest of the Iron City (Empire) Mine. Several flattened, well crystalized arborescent sheets of copper were recovered during a two week period. The vein was traced into the Greenstone Flow and no further work conducted.
Note: coordinates are approximate.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Copper Formula: Cu |
ⓘ Prehnite Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Prehnite | 9.DP.20 | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Copper | Cu |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Mid-continent DomainDomain
USA
- Michigan
- Keweenaw PeninsulaPeninsula
- Midcontinent RiftGeologic Province
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