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Agate from
Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:171774
Long-form Identifier:1:3:171774:7
GUID (UUID V4):cca523fd-c525-4a2d-8ab4-3f0814ca5579
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
3.3km (2.1 miles) Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Horseshoe Harbor, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Lakeshore traps, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Brockway Mountain (West Bluff), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Bete Grise Bay, Bete Grise, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) High Rock Bay, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Keweenaw Point, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Agate Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Eagle Harbor Marina, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) Eagle River, Eagle River, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, «Ahmoek SLE ROYALE...Ishpeming + HiUM boig, «Palmer «Republic SOME COPPER COUNTRY NAMES AND PLACES COPYRIGHT May 23, 1975...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...ice a nineOo by Copper Island Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S...this. NOTE publication indicates, here are "Some Copper Country Names and Places." I realize that not
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
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...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
Book (edition)
hardness of less than 2V^ on Mohs' nail will copper coin is mark on scale usually leave a scratch...were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...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
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...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 (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:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Hematite VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group of copper crystals...crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is 12.4 × 6.2 cm and...minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the...Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior native copper district...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The
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.;
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
Report (issue)
University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...J. the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983) for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response almost bowled us over so...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
Book (volume)
thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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)
thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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 (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
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...Greenbrier St., Springfield, Mass. Anyone for copper? After a hundred years of mining activity and mineral...mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective for...photographer or open-air vacationer. Hundreds of mine dumps, miles of agate beaches, increasing numbers of modern...delightful days and pleasant memories of Michigan's copper and iron country. Our twelve days on the Upper
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 “Copper King” 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.
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...Edelite : Sweden. prehnite from Aedelfors, Creen Agate : zonochlorite variety af prehnite. Creen Star Stone
Journal (issue)
at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...were precipitated in the formation were a little copper and uranium. So, where did the silver originate...Kemple likely recognized the little blue and green copper staining in the area and had several samples assayed...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...copy plus shipping. Figure 5: Native copper crystals from Michigan, size 7 cm. In the late 1800’s, two
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 Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University........................... 215 by S. G. Bywater Copper Country microminerals............................Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
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
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
 
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