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Azurite from
Algomah Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Algomah Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:221580
Long-form Identifier:1:3:221580:8
GUID (UUID V4):5fa4f752-0c3f-489d-a87a-b7a0fb2850c9
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
11.2km (7.0 miles) National Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) Champion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
53.2km (33.0 miles) Isle Royal No. 1 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
53.7km (33.3 miles) Mabbs Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
54.6km (33.9 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
57.7km (35.8 miles) Roadside prospect, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
72.9km (45.3 miles) South Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055), Huron River, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large Paramelaconite Crystals Algomah Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan Downloaded by [Orta Dogu Teknik...Box 2468 Kingsford, Michigan 49802 shawncarlson8hotmail.com T he Algomah mine is located in northeastern...northeastern Ontonagon County, 2 miles east of the village of Mass, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The mine began...began in 1910 as an exploration by the Algomah Mining Company to investigate an unusual mineralized lode...perplexing, copper deposits in Michigan. In stark contrast to virtually every other mine in the district, native
Journal (issue)
iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...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)
secondary minerals include chrysocolla, malachite, azurite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, hemimorphite,...Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922). An unusual...planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In the arid mining...Santa Rita district, Grant County, and the Orogrande district, Otero County, New Mexico. Dioptase associated...malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
36849 cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach, much...familiar as small, transparent to translucent, dark azurite-blue crystals with a vitreous luster. The cleavage...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,
Report (issue)
of Windhoek, Namibia. In England, at the Driggith mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; the Gunheath china clay...In the USA, in Arizona, from the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains, and the Azurite mine, Tortolita...and elsewhere. In Michigan, from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon Co. In the Kurokawa mine, Gifu Prefecture...Prefecture, and the Kisanmori mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan. From La Rioja, Argentina. Name: For a Mr. Planche
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Korea University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia, Australia W ere it not for a...the famous mercury mines of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas. Of these five species, only atacamite is...localities. Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been suggested...been reported; pseudomorphs of atacamite after azurite have likewise been found. Atacamite occurs in small...instrumentation from the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine at Balmat, New York, and in association with granophyllite
Report (issue)
Bulletin 6 1976 COVER Shown is a porcelanoid mass of flesh colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH)...(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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
245-47 Azurite, Nevada, 49 Cover Photographs January/February: Gold and quartz, Eagle's est mine, Placer...Placer County, California. Tana Daugharthy specimen, Harold and Erica Van Pelt photo. March/April: Gold...Gold, Irish Gulch, Eldorado Creek, near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. Mark Mauthner specimens, JeffScovil...Specimen Mineralogy Acanthite, SilverKing Mine, Park City, Utah, R. B. Cook. 112-16 Afghanite, Sar-e-Sang...Q. Wight, 13S China, quartz. 118-23; Yaogangxian mine, 258 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5, 85-87
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia. It has been reported from the Algomah Mine in Michigan, but not from the eastern United States...its appearance and positive test for carbonate. Azurite Cu3(OH) 2 (C0 3 ) 2 was found as two small groups...Ave, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 Xanthophyllite has been found near the Mountain Lake mine, Big Cottonwood...Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. Xanthophyllite occurs as small, deep green, tabular, pseudohexagonal...the Wacatch Mountains (portal of the Mountain Lake mine is about 9.600 feet) and are accessible only during
Report (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .............................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.................................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey
Book
variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2...21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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 (issue)
Northern Alliance. They also took control of the ruby mine over the past year, and tried to lease it. They...father had just returned from the new demantoid mine, and finally provided the exact locale. It is from...price. Then I finally met a miner from the sodalite mine who provided me with locale information. The sodalite...said that it came from a mountain range near the city of Mkuar or Makkhar which is only 25 miles from...many Afghans were wai ting at the village below the mine, so there had been a lot of competition for buying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1005 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Facultad...primary minerals (usually sulfides), malachite and azurite are the most common secondary Cu-minerals. However...José González del Tánago especially at the Tsumeb mine in Namibia (Cook 2002; Cook and Nicolson 2002).... carbonates (malachite, calcite, dolomite and azurite) and quartz are among the most frequent. Pseudomorphs...microprobe at the Brigham Young University (Utah, USA – BYU). Standards used for silicates (15 kV, 20 nA
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Catalog/List
on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz with minor...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate
Report (volume)
Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota...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
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F....Indianapolis. Iowa___ __Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas_____Prof. Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence. Kentucky____Mr... Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota____Prof. W. H. Emmons, University of...Perisho, Vermilion. Prof. Victor Ziegler, Rapid City. v Tennessee____Mr. G. H. Ashley, Washington, D
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...de Cristo Nearly pure dark brown cubic cleavable mass with green streak ...................... ALBITE...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient city of Thebes. About 1900 Sir Fljnders Petrie, an English...motherof-pearl, and lapis laz11li brought from the city of Ur. Certainly, the Sumerians ,vere the first...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel
 
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