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Agate from
La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorite Groupⓘ4 photos of Agate associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Pumpellyite Subgroupⓘ4 photos of Agate associated with Pumpellyite Subgroup at this locality.
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Agate associated with Quartz at this locality.
Epidoteⓘ4 photos of Agate associated with Epidote at this locality.
Copperⓘ4 photos of Agate associated with Copper at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1415329
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1415329:3
GUID (UUID V4):8a3c99b2-d190-40a1-994b-6770aff3b909
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘNo. 21 shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine Exploration, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘWolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘWolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘTamarack Waterworks Beach, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘBlack Creek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘGratiot River, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘBig Traverse Beach, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘSeven Mile Point Beach, Seven Mile Point, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘSeven Mile Point, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Since retiring...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for the construction... resulting in the slow disappearance of smaller mine dumps. The end of copper mining in the Portage Lake...of the Copper Range Company’s Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University]
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...aeames eee oe eee ce saan Uecatanice nacatn eats la Sans scacuasairntsooeetet 94 BOOK THISIN STATES...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting....found. In recent years the largest Lake Superior agate ever reported was found in Minnesota, and new species... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast
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)
AMYGDULE MINERAL SERIES, RICHARD E. ZONING IN MICHIGAN STOIBER THE COPPER AND EDWARD PORTAGE DISTRICT...of the Michigan copper district ......................... Mineralogyof amygdaloidalrock on mine dumps...Portage Lake lava seriesof the KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan, three overlappingamygdulemineral zones--prehnite...was obtained extendsfrom Victoria,Ontonagon County,Michigan,northeast to the end of theKeweenaw Peninsula...ed. R‱SUMI‱. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT GeneralGeology The mineralsand
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 (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book (volume)
vel The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN FOURTH ae EDITION ease VOLUME... i z on ee 7 at el a yore eat IY Aue: Pm La ale gy =F Ps |, eae ; a a jee agin uals ... INTRODUCTION There is no such thing as a “‘typical’? 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
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and worked off...Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSAS—A large, beautiful grayish agate, sawed and face...Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif. 462 "The ores of the mine are of interest to collectors for their bright colors—a...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...old Hog Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of
Report (issue)
D., Head Lindell H. Van Dyke, M.S., Geologist F. La wry, B.S., Associate Petroleum Engineer R. F. Mast...Grayslake Peat 77 Lacon Formation 77 Lake Michigan Formation 78 Parkland Sand 78 Peyton Colluvium...Lobe 91 Erie Decatur Sublobe 91 drifts Lake Michigan Lobe 97 97 Peoria Sublobe drifts Green River...northern hemisphere (37° 35' N. latitude, in Johnson County); it is where the outwash drainageways from the...the dominance of dolomite over calcite in Lake Michigan Lobe drift. Although Pennsylvanian rocks are abundant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much...Fluorite and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right)
Report (issue)
are written with a capitalized article: The Bend, La Pica, The Cape, The Nose, and The Maze. Single-word...Mesa, La Racetrack, The A populated place, locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of
Journal (issue)
have we had such wonderfully colored Brazilian agate. The rich BLUE and GREEN, contrasted with white... black and white. Soon will have superb YELLOW AGATE. WON’T BLUE TIGEREYE—new, superb 3 sq. in. for...cyrtolite, in rock. All from the classic Ruggles Mine, near Grafton Center, N.H. 1x2 $1.00; 2x2’, $2.00...that and much more. Mrs. Recht attended Manitowoc County Normal School, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for one year...they are accosted by an irate owner. On state, county or federal lands one may search the surface as
Journal (issue)
luck is about east of Baker, California, en route to La S Ve gas DowN A DEEP WELI It's his wel ven if he...Preston was born near Puckaway Lake, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in April, 1876. He died in Phoenix...attended the local grade and high school of the county of his birth and then took i complete course in...married Ruth Pierce, who was i resident of Green Lake County, Wiscor } Mrs. Preston preced 1947. Mr. Preston...beautiful stones, Idaho Plume Agate $1.00 to $3.00 Ib. Green Moss or Lace Agate $1.00 Ib. Arenturine 75c Ib
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ï‚Ÿpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Book
Gemstone-Freshwater Pearl Soil-Crider Series Mineral-Coal Rock-Agate * Maryland Fossil Shell-Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae...Rock 65 66 66 68 68 69 69 70 70 ie 72 ea: * Michigan 2, 55 55 56 7 7 Stone-Petoskey Stone Gem-Chlorastrolite...Gemstone-Lake Superior Agate Vil * Mississippi * Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified Palmwood...Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...South Dakota Mineral-Rose Quartz Gemstone-Fairburn Agate Fossil-Triceratops Jewelry-Black Hills Gold Soil-Houdek
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
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Report (volume)
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Report (volume)
Hartselle sandstone, which crops out in Jefferson County in the northeastern suburbs of Birmingham, has...brown iron ore mines, near Woodstock station, Bibb County, is a bed of sand that is also used in steel foundries...Montgomery Counties [Ark.]: Ark .. Geol. Survey County Mineral Rept. 3, p. 66-74, 87-90. Novaculite is...silica deposits in Fremont County also yield ganister. Analysis of El Paso County sand is given. Averill...Nortonville, Contra Costa County. Dune sands at Moss Beach, Monterey County, yield high-quality white
Book
Used by permission of Dutton Signet, Penguin Books USA Inc. Lines from “Mrs. Sibley” and “Serepta Mason”...found memorable in each particular Pit, Quarry, or Mine: and ’tis out of these Notes that my Observations...Country and Pennsylvanian Cyclothems Forest Glen County Preserve and Environs 28 On the Edge of Two Ages...history of northeastern Illinois and the Lake Michigan xi basin. Not only did Ardith provide me with...Ozark-Mahoning Company, reviewed my essay on Hardin County. When I met with him, he gave a wealth of information
 
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