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Basalt from
Siskowit Mine, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Siskowit Mine, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1222103
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1222103:1
GUID (UUID V4):4571362e-1d85-4eb4-84e9-902dcbb01a9f
Nearest other occurrences of Basalt
4.2km (2.6 miles) Saginaw Mine, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) Datolite Mine, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) Haytown Mine (Pittsburg & Isle Royale Mine), Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Wendigo Mine, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
79.3km (49.3 miles) Jacobs Creek, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
79.5km (49.4 miles) Old Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) Childs Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
80.1km (49.7 miles) Eagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) Humboldt Mine, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Thesis/Dissertation
PREHISTORIC COPPER MINING IN ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN by Tyler Johnson Pastian Thom~s... . . 20 • • • 32 OTHER ARTIFACTS FROM ISLE ROYALE . . . . . . 39 HISTORIC ACCOUNTS OF ABORIGINAL...portion of the data available on one aspect of Isle Royale archeology . A mor·e comprehensive report is...statement about the pr·ehistoric copper mines on Isle Royale. The field data were collected during a total...interior. Efforts to locate previously unr•eported mine and occupation sites in the interior were unsuccessful
Book
fifties, still work the mile-deep stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent...the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN • 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM A. MURDOCH...the number of former residents of this beautiful Keweenaw Peninsula, who return to this, their homeland...ITS COLU.l\1BUS 19 IV WHITE PAWNEES 27 THE KEWEENAW VIRGIN 36 VI FAITH, HOPE, AND A PHARMACIST...INWARD FROM THE EDGE 209 219 230 EPILOGUE: THE MICHIGAN COPPER RANGE IN WORLD WAR II ACK NOWLEDGMENTS
Journal (issue)
cameo blank was so marked that the artist could not usa it in the regular course of his work, he would throw...ballast. The numerous specimens termed Brighton, Isle of Wight, Aberystwith, and Irish pebbles, as well...ardent mineral collector, we camped in a tourist park at Two Harbors, Minn., about 25 miles northeast...those much-desired pebbles were found. Leaving the park area, we strolled along the beach and it was not...route and entered the Michigan side of Lake Superior. On the beach at Essay Park, about two miles south
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
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;
Report (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ......................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey...very well known by hobbyists in Michigan and surrounding areas. The National Rockhound and Lapidary Hall
Report (issue)
Extent and General Nature of the Keweenaw Series Lithology of the Keweenaw Series Section I. Basic Original...III. Summary View of the Original Rocks of the Keweenaw Series Section IV. Detrital Rocks Chapter IV....Features of the Three Classes of Rocks of the Keweenaw Chapter Chapter II. 24 III. 34 '. 35 91... General Stratigraphy of the Keweenaw Series Chapter VI.— The Keweenaw an Rocks op the South Shore of...of Lake Superior Introductory 152 Section I.— Keweenaw Point Section II.— The Region between Portage
Book (edition)
~ ele Or WHITMAN COLLEGE LIBRARY GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS PENROSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Whitman College...Class of 1957 25th ~ Reunion Fund GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS Third Edition Ann G. Harris Youngstown...eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock is volcanic. Photograph...Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve Shimer on pages 1...475, and 497 are maps of the national parks from A Guide to the National Parks—Their Landscape and Geology
Book (edition)
Minor time divisions are not included except for national parks where the terms significance. Adapted from...President, Director of National Book Program Alfred C. Grisanti Assistant Director of National Book Program Paul...Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY DEVELOPED...The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How Rocks Are...CLASSIFIED Geologic History 5. Canyonlands National Park 7 13 19 Box 1.2 AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGIC
Book (volume)
5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Special acknowledgment is due the United States National Museum, in particular to Dr. George Switzer, for...Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred C. Fagergren, Superintendent...respect to Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian...Historian Lloyd Abelson in the case of Pipestone National Monument. Information on gems and gemstones in the American
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...serpentine, and steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or sandstone), marble...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...territorial legislature and created the Petrified Forest National Monument to preserve the area from further destruction...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
......................... Granite of northern Michigan and Wisconsin.......................................................................... Presque Isle area..............................................1445 Map of Marquette and associated areas of Michigan.......................................... 1446...Wisconsin. The studies in Wisconsin and northern Michigan were conducted by Marsden and Tyler of the University...central Minnesota, and across Wisconsin and northern Michigan, and from the complex series of Keweenawan igneous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Shasta the general role played by sandstones in the County, California, which are not normal sedi- geochemical...granite Quartz diorite Granodiorite Rhyolite Andesite Basalt Spilite Shale Mica schist Granite gneisses Na2O...graywacke, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Sylvanite mine (Todd, 1928, p. 20) 91. Archaen graywacke, Kirkland...Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Lake Shore mine (Todd, 1928, p. 20) 92. Lorrain quartzite (Huronian) (Pettijohn...(Mississippian) Ohio (Merrill, 1903, p. 516) 128. Quartzite, Siskowit Bay, Wisconsin (Merrill, 1903, p. 516) 129. "Quartzite"
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...concerning the State. C. M. Burton, Michigan Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan, for assistance in collecting...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...counties. Nearly all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John...connection with the State names. Complete lists of county and town names were sent by him, and information
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...Connecticut. C. M. Burton, Michigan Historical Society, Detroit, Michigan, for assistance in collecting
Journal (volume)
ns er ,.. PAGE Boston Mining Fluctuatio Adventure Mine 66 , for Octob 550 “ November, Alabama, Mineral...Wealth of ................ 96 Bowden Copper Mine .. Algomah Mine.... with Cumberla 73 Brick Burning 66 66...Coal....... 66 552 Algomah Mine, Alkali Trade. Connec Bristol Coppe Mine, 351 ticut.......... r Altitudes...Region Top Coal 186 Aluminum .. 233 Bruce Mine... Amadore Company Mine, California ....... 184 Burnett Stone...Report...... 204 319 AnthraCGcite Coal 91 Cabarrus Mine.. 66 Trade for 1854. 209 California Gold Fields
 
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