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Calcite from
Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:171798
Long-form Identifier:1:3:171798:3
GUID (UUID V4):54659311-4d1f-49eb-9ff9-9268ef093082
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.7km (1.1 miles) New Arcadian Exploration, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Saint Mary's Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Ripley Exploration Prospect, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) New Baltic Exploration prospect, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) Pewabic Mine, Pewabic, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Franklin Jr. Mine (Albany & Boston; Peninsula), Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Rhode Island Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Sheldon Mine, Sheldon-Columbian Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recently in the various serialized articles on the Michigan Copper Country by Tom Rosemeyer (including the...alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROCLINE IN THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN Ina KrorN, Stanf ord, U ni.oersity, C al'iJorni...intensive mining activity in the copper country of Michigan, and detailed study of the native copper deposits...aqueous product" forming after both copper and calcite. Whitneyz supplemented this with a complete analysis3and...Juliens described brick-red "orthoclase" lining calcite-filled vugs in amygdaloidal basalt at the outcrop...650-654 (1900). 643 IRA KLEIN on which the Calumet Mine was sunk, pointing out its adularialike habit and
Report (issue)
copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A. Stromquist................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...Distribution of copper,.*»...................... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft.*...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30
Journal (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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)
Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...of the six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response almost bowled...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field
Report (issue)
University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put
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
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)
Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS...81MINERALS ’ .1-. . TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 rosemeyer@ocinet...Florida] at 00:43 01 January 2015 1. Cliff mine 2. Phoenix mine 3. Centralmine 4. Central Exploration 5...of mines 6. Mandan SW-vel pit 7. IronCity(Empire)mine 8. Capemine 9. Clatkmine 10. starmine 11. Keweenaw...the Copper Coun- try that Datolite Street in Houghton was named aRer the colorful mineral. The street
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A FEW NOTES ON COLLECTING IN UPPER MICHIGAN BY LYLE DeRUSHA RR 1 Chippewa Falls, Wise. In an area comprising...Minnesota mine dumps. From here to Copper Harbor on the tip of the peninsula and the Adams Mine dumps are...worthy of looking over. The Mass and the Adventure mine dumps will also be used for road fill. So these...will end as collecting spots. The Algomah, Lake, Michigan, Caledonia, St. Louis, So. Lake, Victoria, are...Near the town of Painsdale are the large Champion mine dumps. Here a host of minerals may be found. Copper
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 (issue)
included and includes such noted locations as Franklin Furnace. Cornwall. Lackawanna. and Lehigh to name...America and Canada. their gcographic distribution. and mine . The Tilley Foster deposit is discus ed under the...minerals found in the mining regions of Putnam County. J\1{//hcr. \\'i/Jia111 IV.; Ge/llngy ofNew York...erogers@geology-books.com • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8r242 USA Phone: 7r9-539-4113 • Fax 7r9-539-4542 SUMMER...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Tilly Fos1er Iron Mine: Sou1heast, PuLnam Couniy, New York by Step/rm L
Book
tts pee erg Hintli0 Py 4> ne ’ i<) ee 6's) Michigan, by.Edward C. Peterson and Esther A. Middlewood...of mining will find most mine managers willing to help, even though the mine may not be open to casual...State Offices of Information, Chambers of Commerce, mine managers, and Bureau personnel have freely contributed...old shafts! Always use available guide services. Mine openings (tunnels, adits, open pits) should never...during active operations, they are swept out of the mine by the controlled ventilating current. Remember
Report (volume)
Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp...all the metals, and a corresponding expansion of mine work. The MINES HANDBOOK will hereafter be published...Tuckahoe, N. Y., April, 1920. Vll THE MINES MINE HOISTS HANDBOOK AND Years of experience in building...Wellman- Send for our Bulletin F. 5, "Electric Mine Hoists," and get in closer touch with W-S-M equipment
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...included amber (most precious of the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly
Book
Ten es e . . Oklahoma. Kentucky.Maryland. Michigan. . Wyoming Missouri Montana. Georgia.Illinois...mention. - º, aſ ºf Typical bituminous coal-mine tipple. These are described in more detail in Bulletin...cost is made possible, and in 1916 the Hull Rust mine alone shipped nearly 8 million tons of ore. The...manganese deposit in California. The largest manganese mine in the United Statse at Philipsburg, Mont. 14032–22...accompanying photo graph shows the largest manganese mine in the United States. CLAY AND CLAY PRODUCTS. The
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens...delightful climate; low expenses; no tuition fees. Michigan College of Mines A state institution offering...President or Secretary. HOUGHTON TARR FUEL OIL - & McCOMB, MICHIGAN INC. - DISTILLATE GASOLINE...considered to be working the public and not the mine. Many suspicious promotions are however not positively
Report (volume)
Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...above Pope Creek coal. Named for Aberdeen, Butler County, Ky., where it stands out in prominent cliffs along
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was performed at the University of Edinburgh. Calcite-rich powders weighing 0.5–1.0 mg were reacted with...lithologies Trois Seigneurs, metamorphic terrane Deep gold mine waters Fluid inclusions from mylonite zone where...25&, respectively. Fractionation factors for CO2-calcite, graphite-CH4 and CO2graphite of 2.2, 4.3 and 9...Duluth Complex, Minnesota, exhibit both isotopic (Ripley et al., 1992) and fluid inclusion (Pasteris et al...polymetamorphism in the Panamint Mountains, California, USA. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 14, 199–212. Bickle
Journal (issue)
OREGON COUCH BUILDING URANINITE FROM RUGGLES MINE The accompanying racliograph hows the !'awed surface...photographic film. Specimen collected at the Ruggles Mine, at Grafton Center, New Hamp hire, by Dr. Frank...On•i,:on, ior Oct0hcr. 1 O• I 3. State of Orebon, County of :\Iuhnomnh, ss. Before me. 11 Xotnry in :m tl...l\ l ich1gan whe11 the first ,ucccss­ ful copper mine� really started producing. Them was the d.:iy when...and he continued : " I mind George, a friend of mine. who was finally caught cart­ ing some 'ome 011e
Report (volume)
5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...Topographic or Topography. Trans., Transactions. Twp, Township. Twps, Townships. uncon., unconformity or unconformably...thence S. of Little Mtn, thence N. of Culbreath Mine, thence N. of Meeting St. (2 mi.), and thence direct...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...into part of that coal group. Exposed near Aberdeen mine, NE. of Kenilworth, Castlegate quad., Carbon Co
Report (volume)
amygdaloid. Pre-Cambrian (Keweenawan) : Northern Michigan (Keweenaw Point). L. L. Hubbard, 1898 (Mich. Geol...can be traced for only a short distance back of Houghton, beyond the old workings of Mabbs vein in sec...la Belle cgl. Is exposed in old Mabb workings [Houghton Co.] and dump and along N. line of sec. 6-55-33...sandstone. Permian : Central northern Oklahoma (Bay County). C. N. Gould, 1900 (Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. 9...dolomite. Permian : Central northern Texas (Fisher County). M. G. Cheney, 1929 (Univ. Tex. Bull. 2913, p
 
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