 | | Journal (issue) | | copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper Kingā 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 (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ā¢ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ā¢ Email: info@kristalle.com.......................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................... Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan................................... |  | | 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...Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v.v. 40, 1 PREFACE PREFACE In 1983 1983..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...UNIVERSITY] at 03:21 25 August 2017 INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...in the Keweenaw Peninsula. PUMPELLYITE (6Ca0.3Al 2 0 3 .7Si0 2 .4 H a O ) , monoclinic, epidote family... Pumpellyite frequently is found growing upon epidote xls, replacing that mineral in clusters growing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of Donald C. Gabriel....exploration 2. Cliff mine 3. Phoenix group of mines 4. Central mine 5. Northwestern mine 6. Central exploration...Resolute mine 9. Hard Rock fissure 10. Iron City (Empire) mine 11. Cape mine 12. Copper Falls mine 13. Clark...Clark mine 14. Point prospect 15. Mendota mine 16. Gull Rock fissure and Laker pocket Figure 3. A 1900 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Sibyl and Bill Severance, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1953, well before he started collecting...The Kegel azurite, 15.2 cm, 6th level east, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pictured in Gem & Mineral Treasures...Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan; Ross Lillie of North Star...specimens, 98 of which were from the Tsumeb mine and 81 from Michigan, many of these with interesting histories...Kegel was the mine director at Tsumeb and the general manager of the company that owned the mine from 1922 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | From Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...1997). The common gangue minerals include quartz, epidote, calcite, chlorite, prehnite, pumpellyite, and...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. He now spends |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected...collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including...Montclair and Verona in Essex County, the Houdaille quarry at Summit in Union County, and quarries near Millington...Millington, Morris County. Good specimens are similarly reported from Plainfield and the Chimney Rock and |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...with axinite, and accompanied by albite, calcite, epidote, orthoclase and sometimes incrusted by white asbestos...botryoidal masses of prehnite with crystallized epidote occurs at the Lane's basalt quarries near Westfield...mineral is also common in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with |  | | 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.... 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach, much...mineral in vugs and veinlets in skarn, and in Michigan it occurs as a rare constituent of amygdule fillings...the northwest and Rosemont to the southeast, Pima County, Arizona. The locality is about 30 miles (48 kilometers)...crystals on fluorapophyllite from the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen,...tiny kinoite crystals from the Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona. Les and Paula Presmyk specimen, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE CLIFF MINE, discovered in 1844, is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan in the heart...first mine on the "Keweenaw" to pay dividends to stockholders. Throughout its history, the mine also produced...over. N ative copper was first mined on the Keweenaw Peninsula several thousand years ago by Native...period but ended unsuccessfully. Dr. Douglass Houghton first visited the copper region in 1830 and published...controlled three mineral tracts on the northern part of Keweenaw Peninsula. After examining the copper prospect |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...mining states and the copper district of Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula. Unusually fine copper specimens were...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...include the New Cornelia pit, Pima County, and the Ray mine in Pinal County. Masses and sheets of crystalline...size, have been found in the Chino mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico. Fine specimens were also |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from a large vug in the fissure vein of the Cliff mine; the largest crystal is 2 cm across. The specimen...Probably the best arborescent silver from the Cliff mine, this specimen is 9.5 Ć 10.5 cm and was originally...Jaszczak photo. Figure 18. This calcite from the Cliff mine is 3.6 cm long and perched on a matrix of spongy...on earth (Bornhorst and Rose 1994). At the Cliff mine it thickens to more than 1,300 feet and remains...some of the veins (Butler and Burbank 1929). Cliff Mine After the failed 1844 mining venture at the Hays |  | | Catalog/List | | calcite or matrix 935 ā MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-Ā·-Ā·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ā ā NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _Ā£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ā ā BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ā OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ā ā BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated |  | | 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.ā The Keweenaw an Rocks op the South Shore of...of Lake Superior Introductory 152 Section I.ā Keweenaw Point Section II.ā The Region between Portage |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | com PO Box 455 ā¢ Poncha Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 ā¢ Fax 719-539-454 2 SPRING...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine. Near Ishpeming. Marquette County, Michigan 3 by Michael P. Basal HISTORIC...a gold nugget from Lhe Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan. The specimen measures I .5x2.5 cm...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine, Near Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan by Michael P. Basal Introduction...country. The event was held in conjunction with Keweenaw Week, a mineralogical exĀ travaganza featuring |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3āRecent...years have passed since the last āNews from the Keweenawā; this article updates new finds to the spring...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...construction in the Keweenaw. However, extensive logging operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased |  | | 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 farmļ¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineļ¾rock 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 floatļ¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ¾agate; ļ N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF MICHIGAN PART I. THE PRE-ORDOVICIAN A. C. LANE and A. E. SEAMAN Houghton, Mich. INTRODUCTION...It is not as easy to summarize the section of Michigan as, for instance, a compact state like Iowa. For...sediments. At 3823 to the top is the "Mesnard epidote" and just beneath the heaviest flow, over I oo000...Huronian Character of Rocks Outer Nonesuch Central Mine Animikean neo-Huronian Thickness Shales: dark...'Marinescan) = Laurentian THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF MICHIGAN 68i be necessary. It need not be said that there |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix with odd scattered crystals of olive green Epidote, creamy coloured Sphenes and plates of Chlorite... 5. APATITE variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent...display. 4ix4". Ā£12. AURIc~LCITE. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Lustrous, sharp, clove...BARYTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nr. ,;lston Cumberland. Intergro~m group of large...crystaL Itxl". Ā£2. 16. BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent |
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Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA