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Sphalerite from
Marquette County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Sulphur2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Sulphur at this locality.
Fassinaite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Fassinaite at this locality.
Cubanite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Cubanite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:161881
Long-form Identifier:1:3:161881:5
GUID (UUID V4):4e3831b4-f219-4577-94e0-24bfd443c3ce
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Unnamed Pb-Zn prospect (1), Dead River Basin, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Unnamed Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10121892), Dead River Basin, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Eagle Mine, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Michigan Mine (Michigan Gold Mine), North Lake, Ely Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Peninsula Mine (Peninsular Mine), Greenwood, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Hills Lake, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Clark Creek region, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Coon gold prospect, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Crescent Gold prospect, Fire Center Mine, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
High Point Gold prospect, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Ropes Gold Mine, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Silver Creek West prospect, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Marquette mall, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Holyoke Mine, Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Presque Isle, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Sedgewick Mine, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Silver Creek - Island Lake, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn prospect (1), Trowbridge Park, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (issue)
Block of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1904-F...Block of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan By R.C JOHNSON and T.J. BORNHORST U...block of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan / by R.C. Johnson and T.J. Bornhorst...2. Rocks, Igneous Michigan Marquette County. 3. Geology Michigan Marquette County. I. Bornhorst, Theodore...III. Title: Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan. IV. Series. V. Series: U.S. Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 15:24 24 November 2014 Marquctle, Michigan 49855 Specimen recovery in the Iron Country is...Peninsula (U.P.) counties (Marquette, Baraga, Iron, and Dickinson) of Michigan, plus a small portion of...northeastern Wisconsin. This includes the famous Marquette and Eastern and Western Menominee iron ranges...by boat and ship on Lake Superior. The port of Marquette was established to handle the rich ores that were...rest of the story, as they say, is history. Marquette County alone would eventually have 247 iron mines
Report (issue)
Contribution to Michigan Geology Report — 90-1 PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGIC SETTING...........................GEOLOGY OF THE PENNY LAKE AREA, MARQUETTE GREENSTONE BELT, MICHIGAN STRATIGRAPHY .....................Geophysics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931 Published by the MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey...Survey Division Michigan Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 30028 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Telephone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT, MICHIGAN THEODORE J.BORNHORST, t Department of Geological Engineering andSciences, Michigan Technological...Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931 RALPH I. THORPE, Geological Surveyof Canada,NaturalResources...TransSuperior Resources Inc.,1550Baldwin Avenue, Negaunee, Michigan 49866 Introduction unconformably overlain by...by sedimentary rocksof the Early Proterozoic Marquette RangeSupergroup (Cannon andGair, Veinscontaining...accessory mineralsincludechalcopyrite, galena,sphalerite, 1978;Bornhorst, unpub.data).Volcanic activity
Report (issue)
Geology of the Negaunee Quadrangle, Marquette County, Michigan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 788...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Geology of...of the Negaunee Quadrangle, Marquette County, Michigan ByWILLARD P. PUFFETT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Description of...sketch map showing western Upper Peninsula of Michigan and location of Negaunee quadrangle........ Chart
Corporate Document
GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSIT MICHIGAN, USA Prepared for: Kennecott Minerals Co. Prepared...gpt Pd. The project is located in Marquette County, Michigan, USA. The project is 100% owned and operated...with retained NSR royalties held by the state of Michigan and various private interests. Kennecott Exploration...Lake Superior, and turns southward into southern Michigan. The rift is believed to be mantle plume related...property is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA at geographic coordinates 46° 44’ 54” north
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...None­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chief associated minerals of siderite include sphalerite, galena, hematite, calcite, ankerite, dolomite...with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The composite crystals of siderite...were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage masses to 11 cm on edge and...From the Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, come microcrystals associated with...millerites, the Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, has produced a fair number of fine siderite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Bellevue in southern Lower Michigan (Bellevue Township in Eaton County). Map courtesy of Jack Wolford...Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 allan.blaske@gmail.com Bellevue Eaton County Michigan Figure 2. Location...of quarries in the Bellevue area. 1, 2, and 3 = Michigan Alkali, Burt Portland Cement Company and Alpha...Blaske is a native of southwest Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...geologist in the Lansing, Michigan, area. W hen collectors think of Michigan minerals, the famous copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
snow. Shawn Carlson photo (2015). Gogebic County, Michigan SHAWN M. CARLSON CULLEN LAUGHLIN-YURS DANIEL...Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 shawncarlson@hotmail.com 167 East Buffalo Road Negaunee, Michigan 49866 dfountain906@gmail...166 ROCKS & MINERALS 513 Iron Street Norway, Michigan 49870 kc9pjm@gmail.com Applied Chemical and Morphological...Analysis Laboratory Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan 49931 opmills@mtu...22, T47N, R43W, in Upper Michigan’s westernmost county of Gogebic, and approximately 9.8 kilometers north
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Michigan ............ 38 Table 8 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Michigan.......................................43 Figure...introduction and/or dispersion of uranium: northwestern Michigan, northwestern North Carolina; a belt extending...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
Show/Event (guide)
John Jaszczak is a full professor of physics at Michigan Technological University and adjunct curator of...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons...Lyons. 3:00 The Lowville quartz occurrence, Lewis County, NY - M. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 3:15 Rh
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $3.00 Opinion: Sulfides and Uranium in Michigan Addressing Popular Myths and Misconceptions Shawn...Shawn M. Carlson PO Box 24 Norway, Michigan 49870 The state ofWiseonsin has a proud mining history. From...northern Wisconsin in the 1980s, I think many of us Michigan geologists looked on with a mix of bewilderment...industry, admixed with pride at our pro-mining Michigan next door; that somehow our earth science education...than Wisconsin's, such that the good people of Michigan would never fall for the tactics of "big environmentalism"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY OF THE ROPES GOLD MINE, COUNTY, T. M. MICHIGAN. BRODERICK. MARQUETTE • 2 ABSTRACT. The Ropes...three and one-half miles northwest of Ishpeming, Michigan, was operated from 1883 until 1897 and produced...Mine is located{n Section29, T48N-R2?W, Marquette County,Michigan,aboutthree and one-halfmiles northwestof...then held as Research Professorof Geologyat the Michigan Collegeof Mining and Technology. Amongthe old...old minesandprospects seenwerethe Ropes,Michigan,Super{or, Fire Center, Holyoke, Ten Kilns, and othersknown
Journal (issue)
Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona.................................................I l l by G. Novak & W. W. Besse The Michigan gold belt ......................................currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and
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
Book (edition)
(Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE...central Indiana, near Cincinnati, and Dowagiac, Michigan. Few have been reported years, in recent perhaps...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite
Catalog/List
last! WHITEPINEMINECRYSTALLINECOPPER: Ontonogan, Michigan. A summer acquisition purchase d from the Seaman...from the last operating commercial copper mine in Michigan! Priced at $3.00, $6.00, $10.00, and $15.00 depending..."HALFBREEOS'� Calumet and Hecia Mine, LalMichigan: Col!ected back in the 1960's these are tumble...00. CRYSTALLINE CUPRITE: Ray Central Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Excellent small crystalline specimens...GRAPHITE· Closed Road Cut, U.S. Hwy. 41, Champion, Michigan: Excellent large 2 to 4 inch chunks of this erement
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book... 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...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and...and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio hugs the edge of Lake Erie. These states
Journal (issue)
GAS RECENT INNOVATIONS John C. Osmond LAND MICHIGAN 1100 Ring Building, Member— Audit Bureau of...operating partner in venture, known as Carbon County | Coal Co., owned jointly with Rocky Mountain...investment in the partnership. Expenditures by Carbon County Coal to develop the mine are expected to approximate...acquired several related coal companies in Pike County, Ky. for about $10.5 million. Of this sum, $8...Environmental Geology Section, Michigan Geological Survey Michigan Precambrian—Geology and Minerals
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
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;
 
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