Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055), Huron River, Baraga County, Michigan, USAi
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Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055) | Prospect |
Huron River | River |
Baraga County | County |
Michigan | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 51' 15'' North , 88° 3' 39'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Big Bay | 319 (2017) | 25.6km |
Zeba | 480 (2017) | 27.5km |
L'Anse | 1,934 (2017) | 31.7km |
Baraga | 1,996 (2017) | 33.6km |
Michigamme | 271 (2017) | 35.7km |
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club | Dollar Bay, Michigan | 45km |
Mindat Locality ID:
123769
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:123769:9
GUID (UUID V4):
9c4131fe-878b-4040-87f7-223ae404fa52
A uranium prospect in the Michigamme Fm. Lower Slate. The mineralized slate and quartzite crops out as a picturesque waterfall and canyon walls in the East Branch Huron River. This outcrop represents a thrust fault between the slate and quartzite. Meteoric waters percolating through this fault zone have deposited minerals leached from surrounding rock.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
β Anatase Formula: TiO2 |
β Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Description: Tiny crystals associated with copper sulfides and bornite |
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
β Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: As breccia cement or encrustations. Some contain significant cadmium (cream-white fluorescence) or minor manganese (orange fluorescence.) |
β Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Description: Microcrystals with minor cadmium in substitution. |
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Description: mm-scale grains |
β Chervetite Formula: Pb2(V2O7) Description: A component of an encrustation of a mineral mixture. |
β 'Chlorite Group' Habit: massive Colour: gray-green; dark gray |
β Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Habit: massive Colour: blue Description: small crusts, botryoids |
β Cinnabar Formula: HgS Colour: red Description: granules |
β Cobaltite Formula: CoAsS |
β Copper Formula: Cu Description: microscopic and submicroscopic flakes in chlorite slate and calcite |
β Coronadite Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 Habit: dendritic Colour: black |
β Covellite Formula: CuS Colour: purple-blue Description: mm-scale crystals |
β Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Habit: Massive Colour: red Description: tiny aggregates and coatings |
β Dickite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Habit: massive Colour: white Description: several-cm masses in slates surrounding the prospect |
β Djurleite Formula: Cu31S16 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Colour: brownish yellow |
β Eugenite Formula: Ag11Hg2 |
β Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F |
β Galena Formula: PbS Description: small cleavage masses, and as cubes with greenockite |
β Goethite Formula: Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) Habit: massive Description: limonitic masses and coatings |
β Graphite Formula: C Colour: black |
β Greenockite Formula: CdS Habit: prismatic Colour: yellow-orange Description: crusts as well as well-formed microcrystals in calcite |
β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Colour: red Description: as stains, as pyrite replacements, and well-crystalized small plates in quartz vugs |
β Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 Habit: massive Colour: white Fluorescence: blue-white Description: crusts on slate |
β Hypercinnabar ? Formula: HgS |
β Lepidocrocite Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH) |
β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Description: isolated grains in rock |
β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Habit: massive, acicular Colour: green Description: crusts, cm-scale acicular sprays |
β Mercury Formula: Hg |
β Metacinnabar Formula: HgS References: |
β Metatyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
β Montroseite Formula: (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
β Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Nickeline Formula: NiAs |
β Otavite Formula: CdCO3 |
β 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
β Silver Formula: Ag |
β Silver var. Native Amalgam Formula: (Ag,Hg) References: |
β Skutterudite ? Formula: CoAs3 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
β Tyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
β Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
β Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 |
β Uranospinite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
β Volborthite Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
β Wakefieldite-(Y) Formula: Y(VO4) Habit: Equant tetragonal |
β Widenmannite Formula: Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Silver var. Native Amalgam | 1.AA.05 | (Ag,Hg) |
β | 1.AA.05 | Ag | |
β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
β | Mercury | 1.AD.05 | Hg |
β | Eugenite | 1.AD.15c | Ag11Hg2 |
β | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
β | Djurleite | 2.BA.05 | Cu31S16 |
β | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
β | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
β | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Metacinnabar | 2.CB.05a | HgS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Greenockite | 2.CB.45 | CdS |
β | Nickeline | 2.CC.05 | NiAs |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
β | Hypercinnabar ? | 2.CD.15b | HgS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Cobaltite | 2.EB.25 | CoAsS |
β | Skutterudite ? | 2.EC.05 | CoAs3 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Goethite | 4.00. | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
β | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
β | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
β | Coronadite | 4.DK.05a | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
β | Uraninite var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
β | 4.DL.05 | UO2 | |
β | Montroseite | 4.FD.10 | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
β | Lepidocrocite | 4.FE.15 | Ξ³-Fe3+O(OH) |
β | Metatyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 3H2O |
β | Tyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 5-8H2O |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Otavite | 5.AB.05 | CdCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
β | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
β | Widenmannite | 5.ED.40 | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
β | Wakefieldite-(Y) | 8.AD.35 | Y(VO4) |
β | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
β | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
β | Uranospinite | 8.EB.05 | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 Β· 10H2O |
β | Chervetite | 8.FA.15 | Pb2(V2O7) |
β | Volborthite | 8.FD.05 | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 Β· 2H2O |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | Dickite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
β | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
β | 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
H | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
H | β Dickite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
H | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
H | β Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
H | β Lepidocrocite | γ-Fe3+O(OH) |
H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
H | β Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
H | β Montroseite | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
H | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
H | β Uranospinite | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
H | β Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
H | β Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | β Graphite | C |
C | β Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | β Otavite | CdCO3 |
C | β Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Anatase | TiO2 |
O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
O | β Chervetite | Pb2(V2O7) |
O | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
O | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | β Dickite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
O | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | β Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
O | β Lepidocrocite | γ-Fe3+O(OH) |
O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | β Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
O | β Montroseite | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
O | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Otavite | CdCO3 |
O | β Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Rutile | TiO2 |
O | β Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
O | β Uraninite | UO2 |
O | β Uranospinite | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
O | β Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
O | β Wakefieldite-(Y) | Y(VO4) |
O | β Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Al | β Dickite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Si | β Dickite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | β Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Acanthite | Ag2S |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | β Cinnabar | HgS |
S | β Cobaltite | CoAsS |
S | β Covellite | CuS |
S | β Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
S | β Greenockite | CdS |
S | β Hypercinnabar | HgS |
S | β Metacinnabar | HgS |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | β Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Ca | β Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
Ca | β Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
Ca | β Uranospinite | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | β Anatase | TiO2 |
Ti | β Rutile | TiO2 |
V | Vanadium | |
V | β Chervetite | Pb2(V2O7) |
V | β Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
V | β Montroseite | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
V | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
V | β Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
V | β Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
V | β Wakefieldite-(Y) | Y(VO4) |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | β Lepidocrocite | γ-Fe3+O(OH) |
Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | β Montroseite | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Co | Cobalt | |
Co | β Cobaltite | CoAsS |
Co | β Skutterudite | CoAs3 |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | β Nickeline | NiAs |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Cu | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Cu | β Covellite | CuS |
Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
Cu | β Copper | Cu |
Cu | β Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Cu | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
Cu | β Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Hydrozincite | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
As | Arsenic | |
As | β Cobaltite | CoAsS |
As | β Nickeline | NiAs |
As | β Skutterudite | CoAs3 |
As | β Uranospinite | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
Y | Yttrium | |
Y | β Wakefieldite-(Y) | Y(VO4) |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | β Acanthite | Ag2S |
Ag | β Silver var. Native Amalgam | (Ag,Hg) |
Ag | β Eugenite | Ag11Hg2 |
Ag | β Silver | Ag |
Cd | Cadmium | |
Cd | β Greenockite | CdS |
Cd | β Otavite | CdCO3 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | β Silver var. Native Amalgam | (Ag,Hg) |
Hg | β Cinnabar | HgS |
Hg | β Eugenite | Ag11Hg2 |
Hg | β Hypercinnabar | HgS |
Hg | β Mercury | Hg |
Hg | β Metacinnabar | HgS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Pb | β Chervetite | Pb2(V2O7) |
Pb | β Coronadite | Pb(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Pb | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
Pb | β Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
U | Uranium | |
U | β Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
U | β Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
U | β Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
U | β Uraninite | UO2 |
U | β Uranospinite | Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10H2O |
U | β Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] |
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