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Copper from
Star Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Star Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132046
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132046:6
GUID (UUID V4):85d4a14c-c2c8-42cd-8e85-a8e9f30ffa0a
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.0km (0.0 miles) ā“˜Cape Mine, Mosquito Mining District, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ā“˜Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Hanover Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Hays Mine (Pittsburgh & Boston), Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ā“˜New York and Michigan Exploration, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ā“˜Lac La Belle exploration, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ā“˜Aetna Exploration Copper Mine, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ā“˜Vulcan Exploration Copper Mine, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Horseshoe Harbor, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
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Book
and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. By...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-37-X...fire Copper tower Mining Company Company Company and Company Mining Mining Copper Keweenaw Company;...Bohemia in Keweenaw County. The French name Lac La Belle means "beautiful lake." This area of Grant Township...prehistoric copper mining site where prehistoric Native Americans collected and processed copper for their
Audio (Series)
$5.00 DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY Picture painted by Clyde S. Mikkola. Courtesy of Tom and Lani...Lani Hendricks Poynter, Delaware Copper Mine Tours. By Clarence J. Monette TWENTY-EIGHTH OF A LOCAL HISTORY...org/details/delawareminemichO0O00mone DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY COPYRIGHT January 13, 1987 Clarence...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-27-2...churchs Ot telce Organizations second school Copper mining Several companys company Lac La Belle
Journal (volume)
MILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE... COPPER SMELTING AT DETROIT , MICHIGAN ...... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.......Petroleum Company, of New York , New York and Michigan Silver -Lead Company - L'Anse Mining Company...LANDS 208 209 Embracing Oil , Coal, Iron , Lead, Copper , Gold , and Silver -- For Sale at the Real Estate...281 Notice to the Directors of Gold , Silver, Copper, Lead , and Iron Mining Companies -Assaying of...Schoolcraft Iron Company -- New Jersey Mining Company of Michigan ; Report of the Directors - Keith's New Process
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting....which operate in many states are not as likely to grant permission to collect as the former locally owned... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these
Book
Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised ā€¢ by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 Ā© 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)
Lake Superior copper deposits, home to the worldā€™s largest occurrence of native copper. Indeed, many...sport flecks of native copper, and specimens exist of datolite intergrown with copper crystals, but thatā€™s...thatā€™s getting ahead of the story. Michiganā€™s Copper Country datolite has been collected, prized, fashioned...in celebrating the rich mineral heritage of the Keweenaw Peninsulaā€™s datolite by diving into this article...Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS
Book
ā€¢ s THĀ£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...fifties, still work the mile-deep stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..ā€¢.....ā€¢........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN ā€¢ 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition ā€¢ 1964 This edition was published
Journal (issue)
132 A MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE M ICH IGAN COPPER COUNTRY. By Kiril Spi roff . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with native copper. Quite...often prehnite may inc!ude strings or grains of the copper and even silver. Prehnite also occurs in crystalline...Agate : zonochlorite variety af prehnite. Creen Star Stone : chlorastroli te. Creenstone: zonoch'.orite
Book
variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G ...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt
Report (issue)
filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...the surface and between the nodular masses. The Michigan Bicentennial symbol (back cover) incorporates...creation of the Bicentennial Commission.) The double star Bicentennial symbol ( also on back cover) is derived...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
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
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...NoneĀ­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful
Book (volume)
vel The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN FOURTH ae EDITION ease VOLUME... INTRODUCTION There is no such thing as a ā€œā€˜typicalā€™? Michigan citizen; although some other states may have...easily conform to any one type. One reason is that Michigan has such a great diversity in natural characteristics:...pines northward; the battered dunes of the Lake Michigan shores; and the regimented rows of hand-reared...of inland lakes, the Straits of Mackinac divide Michigan into two units, a feature unknown by any other
Report (volume)
colors. Impurities, such as iron, chromium, and copper, also tint the minerals. Care should be taken in...STONES Ruby, spinel, emerald, sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:
Journal (volume)
was beginning to subside and die out, the rising star of mining enterprise began to loom up in the distance...spirit or inspire the ambition of the public mind . Michigan and the shores of Lake Superior and Huron, with...region of iron and copper lands, the coal and copper fields of Nova Scotia, and the copper, gold , and silver...hands with electrical rapidity, and gold, silver, copper, lead, and coal quotations rose on ' Change as...forms and phases, whether in coal, iron , lead, copper, silver, gold, or other minerals, the prospects
Report (volume)
especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (volume)
PENNSYLVANIA .. COPPER REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver...Silver in Michigan - Cotton in France - Great Gun - Terrible Explosion in Quebec - The Riches of the Country...Hudson Canal Co.- Placenta Bay Lead Co. - Bedford Copper Co. NOTICE TO OFFICERS OF MINING COMPANIES SALES...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The...The Gold Regions of the United States - Copper Coin - Oil Wells at Oil Creek . INTERESTING IMMIGRATION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA b University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, Wl, USA Accepted 20 August 2001... two deep boreholes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are described in detail for the first time. Both...no conglomerate unit to correlate with the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. Other key boreholes are distributed...1355 Jefferson Forest Lane, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA. 0037-0738/02/$ - see front matter D 2002 Published...boreholes in the MRS in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Amoco Production #1-29R test (St. Amour)
Report (issue)
Michiganā€™s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents.......................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ............................................................ 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country .........................................Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush...Michiganā€™s Copper Country ā€“ CMG 92 01 - page 1 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...elements: Minerals composed of one element. Gold, copper, silver, platinum, bismuth and graphite fall in...metallic mineral is opaque and shiny like metal, e.g. copper, silver, gold. A non-metallic mineral is transparent...176 | platinum (silver-white), p. 26 Red-Brown copper (reddish to brown), p. 20 hematite (steel grey...areas in the world. The Shieldā€™s rich deposits of copper, nickel, iron, lead, zinc, gold, silver, cobalt
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ļ‚‚ the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmļ‚¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineļ‚¾rock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Ā½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatļ‚¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ‚¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ‚ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ‚¾agate; ļ‚‚ N
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The ā€œCopper Kingā€ The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson.
Book (edition)
hardness of less than 2V^ on Mohs' nail will copper coin is mark on scale usually leave a scratch... both a distinguishing and a value-fixing is star sapphire and the chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued...though, that malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in...(aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite (copper carbonate), phosphates such as apatite, and silicates...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
Report (volume)
DIBECTOB BULLETIN 559 RESULTS-OF SPIRIT LEVELING MICHIGAN 1911 AND 1913 R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF GEOGRAPHER...done in cooperation with the State of Michigan, through the Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, R................. . Houghton quadrangle (Houghton County)..........:.................... Appendix A: Elevations...inserted at G. B and /), Copper temporary bench mark, consisting of a nail and copper washer. A, C\ and E...no rock. PLATE RESULTS OF SPIRIT LEVELING IN MICHIGAN IN 1911 AND 1913. R. B. MARSHALL, Chief Geographer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when most green acicular copper minerals...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a simple hydrated sulfate of copper with the...and can be contacted at the addresses above. 48 copper deposits found in arid regions. Common accessory...containing copper sulfides at depth. It occurs sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
 
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