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Melanterite from
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melanterite
Formula:Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Melanterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Limonite2 photos of Melanterite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Manganese Oxides2 photos of Melanterite associated with Manganese Oxides at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416678
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416678:8
GUID (UUID V4):9bc751c0-ec11-44b0-8de7-3324a20a36ad
Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite
65.4km (40.6 miles) Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
68.8km (42.8 miles) Alpha (2), Alpha, Iron County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...primarily the highly soluble members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite, halotrichite, and copiapite...sites). Geochemical modeling of surface waters, mine-waste leachates, and salt leachates using PHREEQC
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
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...the surface and between the nodular masses. The Michigan Bicentennial symbol (back cover) incorporates...Survey Division BULLETIN 6 THE MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN by E. Wm. Heinrich Professor of Mineralogy and...University of Michigan Ann Arhor, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 1976 STATE OF MICHIGAN WILLIAM G. Mrr...State of Michigan CL '48 s.321.6. Printed by Speaker-Hines and Thomas, Inc., Lansing, Michigan. Available
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...efflorescent salts atramentum sutorium virida or melanterite (also called melanteria) and atramentum sutorium...Secundus, 23-79 CE), the names “green vitriol” for melanterite and “blue vitr iol” for chalcanthite were in...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble
Report (issue)
Dewey Counties and a very small part of Ziebach County. Within this area, suitable outcrops are confined...railroad cuts in the vicinity of Wakpala in Corson County. The assistance of the following persons and institutions...powdery yellow mineral, questionably identified as melanterite. The same or a similar mineral occurs in the...called jarosite, bentonite, and melanterite (Waage, 1961, p. 233). Melanterite(?) occurs directly above and...of shale containing considerable amounts of melanterite(?). Whether this mineral is an alteration product
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brook St, Box 1846, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA 2 Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, University...189 Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, California 94043, USA 6 Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell...85719, USA 7 Headwall Photonics, Inc., 601 River Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420, USA 8 Department...Drive, M/S 171-310, Pasadena, California 91109, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: rebecca.n.greenberger@jpl...fibroferrite and copiapite with minor gypsum and melanterite; gypsum, Fe3+ oxides, and jarosite; and calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geol. 74, 406-412, 1979 MALLARDITE FROM THE JOKOKU MINE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN MATSUO NAMBU, KATSUTOSHI TANIDA... J6koku Mine, Chugai Co. Ltd., Kaminokuni, Hiyama, Hokkaido 049-06, Japan Mallardite, mine, MnSO4.7H2O...walls diffraction c0=11.06A, ƒÀ=105•‹36', melanterite was efflorescences crystals X-ray reported...838 (calc.). mallardite on and the is the mine shows that group of is the Lucky Hokkaido...originally described by Carnot (1879) from the Lucky Boy mine, Utah which is the only one definite locality of
Report (volume)
GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY ISSN I529·6466 a c Melanterite stalactite (blue-green) Voltaite b Copiapite...and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...role of soluble sulfate minerals formed from acid mine drainage (and its natural equivalent, acid rock...ENVIRONMENTS .................................... . 351 Mine drainage .........................................{M2+(H2O)6}(SO4)(H2O), M = Mg, Zn, Ni (Fig. 14c), and the melanterite group, {M2+(H2O)6}(SO4)(H2O), M = Fe2+, Co, Mn2+
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsiccio Mine (Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy): Trace-Element Budget and Role in the Formation of Acid Mine Drainage...suite of sulfate minerals from the Monte Arsiccio mine (Apuan Alps, Northern Tuscany, Italy), previously...dissolution in controlling the quality of water in acid mine drainage systems. Valerio, M.; Biagioni, C. Secondary...trace elements; dissolution; acid mine drainage; Apuan Alps; Italy Mine (Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy): Trace-Element...Trace-Element Budget and Role in the Formation of Acid Mine Drainage. Minerals 2021, 11, 206. https:// 1. Introduction
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Pittsburgh coal bed at Pursglove, Monongalia County, West Virginia, and were collected for study to...a better understanding of acid formation in the mine. Three of the concretions were mainly ppite and... brammallite, calcite, dolomite, kaolinite, melanterite, pyrite, and an unknown mineral. The Pittsburgh...information may not applv directly to the acidity of mine water. Acid conditions are closely connected with...Pursglove No. 15 mine of the Pursglove Coal Mining Company, Pursglove, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reads: "Rose quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described...localities swell this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I...mica schist. Another interesting mineral is melanterite which occurs as tiny white to yellowish concretionary...astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I am mailing...and we hope to join it."—item from Mrs. N . T. Taylor, P.O. Box 883, Belle Glade, Fla. 33430. ROCKS AND
Journal (issue)
Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B. Beyer 3 Zeolites and...England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Mimetite crystals from Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory...km t N LEGEND Figure 3: Plan of the Mt Oxide mine. Main Road Dirt Road GEOLOGY Track Camel Pad...Pad (1908) Figure 2: Map of the Mt Oxide mine region. Henry eventually pegged the claim in 1900 and placed
Journal (issue)
th is year, after repeated trips to the Getchell mine in northern Nevada, E. Forrest Cureton Il l, well...Desautels Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit. ............. . . . ....School of Aris & Sciences Central Michigan University Folio: the 79 Mine ....... . ......... . ............ 20 715 WULFENIT E o n mottramite from the 79 mine nea r Hayden. Arizona. The large crystal measures...purchased a fine collection or Stibnite from a new mine near Felsobanya. Clean, bright miniatures at S25
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen...Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite... B. Cook, 426–31 Calcite, 462; Colorado, 410; Michigan, 312; Nevada, 516; New York, 162, 253; Quebec...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...517 Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59; Calaverite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
855. https:// Keywords: thallium; pyrite; acid mine drainage; secondary sulfate minerals; environmental...distributed in Carlin gold deposits in Nevada, the USA, and Lanmuchang Hg-Tl-Au deposit in Guizhou Province...minerals, particularly pyrite, will generate acid mine drainage (AMD) and mobilize large amounts of sequestered...and are mainly distributed in Nevada State in the USA and southwest China [30]. Thallium in the ores is...effective neutralization of acidity by host the USA and is named for its locality Carlin [49]. Although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA Received 18 June 2012; accepted in revised form 29...behavior of Ni(II), Zn(II) and Cr(III) during the melanterite (FeSO47H2O) to hematite (a-Fe2O3) oxidative...different pathways are very different. In Path 1 (melanterite ! jarosite ! hematite), partitioning of Ni, Zn...likely in the order: Cr > Zn > Ni. In Path 2 (melanterite ! schwertmannite ! goethite ! hematite), schwertmannite...highly soluble Fe(II) sulfate minerals (e.g., melanterite (FeSO47H2O)) followed by sequential oxidation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
name coquimbite. This mineral is typical of acid-mine drainage systems where acidic aqueous solutions...Crystals of coquimbite from the Dexter No. 7 mine, Emery Co., Utah (USA) were acquired from a mineral dealer...(2007) refined the O–H distances in deuterated melanterite (FeSO4·7D2O) and found a larger spread, especially...no. 7 mine (Utah, USA) La Alcaparrosa (Chile) Tierra Amarrila (Chile) Dexter no. 7 mine (Utah, USA) Vulcano...Single-crystal XRD Iron Mountain (California, USA) Dexter no. 7 mine (Utah, USA) Vulcano (Sicily, Italy) 0.53 0.56
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. K entucky...Commonwealth is Black Mountain in the Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of...of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...displacements from inches to more than 3,000 feet. The first mine in the Kentucky district was opened by Andrew Jackson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation and Their Role in Acid Mine Drainage Formation at the Pan de Azúcar Mine Tailings (Zn-Pb-Ag), NW Argentina...iron-sulfate minerals control the composition of acid mine waters formed by the oxidation of sulfide in tailings...tailings impoundments at the (Zn-Pb-Ag) Pan de Azúcar mine located in the Pozuelos Lagoon Basin (semi-arid...outcrops. The most abundant compounds in the acid mine drainage (AMD) are SO42−, Fe2+, Fe3+, Minerals...downstream environment. Keywords: sulfide oxidation; mine tailings; soluble iron-sulfate salts; jarosite;
 
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