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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
'Adularia'
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
'Feldspar Group'
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
'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


5876 entries listed. 315 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:


795 localities of a total of 2710 localities shown. Additional sublocalities are indicated by the green plus sign(+).
USA
 
  • Michigan
    • Alcona Co.
    • Lake Co.
    • Lapeer Co.
    • Osceola Co.
    • Oscoda Co.
    • Otsego Co.
    • Roscommon Co.

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