 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the campus of the sault Ste. Marie Branch of Michigan Technological university in conjunction with the...Counties, Michigan A. P. Ruotsala, G. J. Koons, and S C. Nordeng The Mn-bearing minerals of Champion mine...mine, Champion, Michigan 10:2.5 Unique intergrowth of calcite and pyrite 9:45 Larry L. Babcock Paul W...MANGANESE.BEARING X{INERALS OF CHAMPION CHAMPION, MICHIGAN L. Belcocx, MINE. Michigut, Tecl,tnol,ogi.cal...Michigon champion Mine is a "hard" iron ore producer on the southern limb of the Marquette synclinorium |  | | Book | | Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised • by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 © MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN 3 FOREWORD...FOREWORD Michigan has a long and varied geologic history that includes repeated episodes of volcanism...before the first Europeans set foot here. When Michigan became a state in 1837, one of the first actions...and we continue to learn more about them today. Michigan minerals helped to build the state and nation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Michigan Mineralogy: A LOCALITY INDEX TOM MORRIS, JR. 4553 Shenandoah Allen Park, Michigan 48101 Tom...occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...compiling this information was The Mineralogy of Michigan (Heinrich, 1976), which should be consulted by...locality labeling of Michigan specimens. It should be pointed out that the list of Michigan mineral localities...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | Journal (issue) | | typically shrouded in the clouds. Author’s photo. The Champion Mining Company & No. 4 Shaft Robert L. Fox Jr...in the town of Painesdale, Michigan you will find the site of the Champion Mining Company. The Company...50% of the Champion Mine. The mine was managed by Copper Range Company. The Champion Mine had six shafts...still in operation in 1930. During the 1930s the mine was working the 48th level, 4,800 feet from the...on the incline at the No.4 Shafthouse. The Champion Mine was one of the largest and richest copper mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia |  | | Catalog/List | | and 25x20. Specimen size- 43x31x20mm £132 2) SPESSARTINE on Quartz and Muscovite, Gilgit, Pakistan. Three...Specimen size- 36x23x18mm £116 3) WULFENITE, Erupcion Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. Matrix free large lustrous orange...£67 6) ANAPAITE in fossilised clam shell, Kerch Mine, Keren Peninsula, Russia. Solid sea green crystalline...38x12x7mm £67 9) GOLD, Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA. Pure crystallised gold specimen sized24x18x5mm...Sphalerite, Blueberry Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma Co., Colorado, USA. Raspberry red rhombic crystal with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...manganese. It forms a series with both pyrope and spessartine. Many unanalyzed garnets are only provisionally...determined to be Alm54Sp44Pyr2 (almandine 54 percent, spessartine 44 percent, and pyrope 2 percent) is representative...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the NegauneeIron Formation, Marquette District, Northern Michigan. Mineralogy, Metamorphic Reactions...regionalmetamorphismof the NegauneeIron Formationin the Marquette district from chlorite to sillimanitegrade has...Mg)OAI2Os-Fe2Os-SiO2-CO2-H20. IN the Marquette district of northern Michigan the NegauneeIron Formationand associated...Metropolis The lowest metamorphic-gradeNegaunee Iron mine localitysuggestmetamorphicpressures of be- Form...ankerite _+siderite __+magnetite, and siderite + Champion, Metropolis,and TL1 localitiesindicate a quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance is the extension...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine... Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite (clinochlore)...(clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences of the...such as that at Happy Camp in western Siskiyou County. More importantly, the ultramafics are the source |  | | Journal (issue) | | ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...E id a h l M in e ra lo g y o f th e Cham pion Mine, W h ite M o u n ta in s , C a lifo r n ia .......T h e N atural History M useum of Los A ngeles County 487 b y P e te r C K e lle r a n d A n th o n y...O ft ovnas 2>. T a L c r Clay C enter, Ottawa County, Ohi o. n a m e P \d )rQ tn Q h fih i £ < ? |  | | Journal (issue) | | noted particularly for beautiful gem quality spessartine garnet, rare facet grade microlite, amazonite...MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...di~nensionhave been found at the Abner Pinchbeck mine 0.5 miles east of Amelia (Dietrich, 1970). Small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | similar but slightly younger time span (e.g., Champion and Smithies, 1998). Although the supracrustal..., 1989; Zegers, 1996; Champion and Smithies, 1998, 2001; Smithies and Champion, 1998) has identified...compositions due to cyclic crustal reworking and growth (Champion and Smithies, 1998). Most of the granitoid-gneiss...Pidgeon, 1984; Bickle et al., 1989; Smithies and Champion, 1998, 2001) and a 2760 Ma suite of small A-type...tourmaline-rich S-type peraluminous granites (Smithies and Champion, 1998). The 2890 to 2830 Ma suite of granitoids |  | | Journal (issue) | | large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico Bureau...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard A. Kosnar collection;...wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson. TENT . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [University of Kent] at 15:29 06 November 2014 Spessartine Marienfluss, Northern Namibia I n a recent...both almandine and the closely related species spessartine have made them a historically important and relatively...of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...a fine spessartine specimen from Marienfluss, northern Namibia, has been chosen. Spessartine, because...yellow, orange, and red; almost pure end-member spessartine is bright orange. It is typically transparent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mine dumps was spearheaded by our armored cars, which could go no further than the first mine. At...two groups. The larger force advanced on the 2nd mine down across the creek. Being as I carried the heaviest...at the ±j:\ mine were several nice samóles o f to"az. Topaz has been reported from this mine, but no one...over, we learned that the min- erals at the # 1 mine could not be driven off the hill into the open....moved down the hill to regroup our men at the 2nd mine. When we arrived, the other members were engaged |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Arts & Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan © R. V. Dietrich and the Research...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...have been completed. R. V. Dietrich Mt. Pleasant, Michigan September 1, 1969 3 Check List of Virginia...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...phenakite, rutile, spessartine, topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...for cutting other minerals. Calcite, Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa...* 12 x 23 x 3 cm. Quartz, Mount ida, Arkansas, USA * 14 x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22 | | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high...high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prospectors who first discovered it in 1907 in San Benito County believed that they had found sapphire. Lapidaries...he subsequently named after the stream and the county in which it was discovered. In the early years...original description of benitoite in 1909). The mine was essentially abandoned after only a few years...set out on a massive project of tearing open the mine tunnels to expose more of a face on which to work...Benioite specimen, 2 inches high, Gem mine, San Benito County; Me1 and Grace Dyck specimen. Faceted stone |
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