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Calcite from
Petherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Petherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:384735
Long-form Identifier:1:3:384735:0
GUID (UUID V4):b220a73d-56e3-4d64-87ab-52487bb0a036
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Gribble vein, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Owl Creek, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Central Exploration Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Eagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Meadow Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Waterbury Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Eagle Harbor Marina, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
51. A classic calcite that is attributed to the Owl Creek fissure of the Copper Falls mine, this complex...crystal is perched on a matrix of crystallized copper. The specimen was originally part of the Clarence...Figure 49. Perhaps the finest cubic copper crystal recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. The 1...level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the clay...Figure 50. One of the finest calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining
Journal (issue)
MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................
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
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)
February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...Besse. arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered...Gull Rock fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...starting with Keweenaw Point and continuing in a southwestern direction to the White Pine mine at the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
istory and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine Ontonagon County, Michigan Ninth in a series of articles on the...the mines and minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country TOM ROSEMEYER 506 Pine Street P.O. Box 369 Downloaded...groups of copper crystals were recovered from the secluded Indiana No. 2 (Indiana Copper Company) mine dump...dump in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The individual crystals, which range from less than 1 cm to groups more...constitute one of the major crystallized copper finds in the Copper Country in recent years. Location The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with the Copper Country Mineral Retreat, 3–10 August, in the historic Lake Superior native copper district...thirteenth annual Copper Country Gem and Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral...Minesota, National, Cliff, Phoenix, Central, Copper Falls (Petherick), Mesnard, and Arcadia mines. (Who says...articles tied to the Copper Country: one on datolite found this past winter at the Mesnard mine, another on barite...in Ontonagon County, and a third on pseudo-octahedral calcite found at the Minesota mine. If you are headed
Book
\ i ,,> HISTORY AND REVIEW OF THE COPPER, IRON, SILVER, SLATE AND OTHER Material Interests...the copper region, very nearly complete history of the discovery and development of the copper interest...s very interesting paper on the "Ancient Copper Miners of Lake The geology of the Iron District;...derived from others that part of the book relating to copper, "be being, so far as he is concerned,...inti mate to the world the existence of native copper on the shores of Lake Superior. In the seventeenth
Book
Nati 'fe Copper. -.. Red and Black Oxides Blue and Green Carbonates Silicate of Copper - COPPER. ......Arseniates of Copper Phosphate of Copper Copper Glance Copper Pyrites .. Purple Copper Ore - Tennantite...54 55 56 56 57 59 • FOREI'GN ORES. . • I •• COPPER -" -... - - Galena Anglesite,- &c. Cerussite... • Page . Wall-cases 15 to 23. .. ~ Native Copper Red Oxide - Black Oxide .. - Chrysocoll a...Phosphates, Arseniates, &c. Copper Glance and Pn.rple Ore Kupfer Schiefer Copper Pyrites ... ... ·· Fahlerz
Journal (issue)
HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE A History of Chromite and Copper in Maryland: The Tyson Years by Sally Newcomb HISTORIC...HISTORIC MINERAL LOCALITY A Brief History of the Copper Mine at Bare Hills, Maryland by Herbert C. Moore HISTORIC...108 HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE William Keith's Copper Mine: Prelude to the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border...areas such as Col­ orado. Arizona, California or Michigan. In this, our first attempt to publish a regional...pool was made in the fom1 of iron. chrome, gold. copper. marble. talc, feldspar and building stone. As
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER C. D. HOHL, No. 7................................ 686 Presenceof Copper ...... : ........................................previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...Love11, President, Calumet and Hecla Consol{dated Copper Company. 675 676 T. M. BRODERICK, C. D. HOHL...publicationof ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby
Journal (issue)
America and Canada. their gcographic distribution. and mine . The Tilley Foster deposit is discus ed under the...minerals found in the mining regions of Putnam County. J\1{//hcr. \\'i/Jia111 IV.; Ge/llngy ofNew York...erogers@geology-books.com • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8r242 USA Phone: 7r9-539-4113 • Fax 7r9-539-4542 SUMMER...HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE The Tilly Fos1er Iron Mine: Sou1heast, PuLnam Couniy, New York by Step/rm L...Species Reported 10 Occur at the Tilly Foster Iron Mine by Steplre11 L. Nightingale DEDICATION OF MATRIX
Book
Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - - - sº- - * - - - - • - Native Copper - Red and Black Oxides...Silicate of Copper Arseniates of Copper - . • *- - - - - - - - * • - e - -* • Copper Glance ->...Tennantite . - * Phosphate of Copper Copper Pyrites - , Purple Copper Ore. - l - - - - - - -...FOREIGN ORES.. " .* Wall-cases 15 to 23. CoPPER Native Copper Red Oxide Black Oxide - - - - - 1... - 60 61 62 - - - Copper Glance and Purple Ore - Kupfer Schiefer Copper Pyrites - - " - " - -
Journal (volume)
chloritic slates are interlaid-by various ores of copper (I. ) at Kurrye (a . ) , Rai and Bellar (b.), Goron...their union, include conformable beds charged with copper-ore, at Seera (d. ) , and Pokree (g.). The clay-slates...siliceous limestone of Dhunpoore ( j ) the ores of copper are mostly determined to the joints. Calcareo-...Calcareo- siliceous rocks are impregnated with copper-ore at Tarag-ke-tal (k. ) and with the ores of iron at Oojowlee...vein-stones. The ignorance and prejudice of the native mine-owner prohibits use of the wheel-barrow, the windlass
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Columbus, OH, USA Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA c Institute...CO, USA d Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA e Department...Bean Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA f Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering...Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA g Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton... Ferrar Dolerite, Beacon Sandstone and Granite Harbor Intrusives, with varying contributions of each
Journal (issue)
disk. Some workers prefer the use of bronze or copper blades, but these appear to have no special advantages...excellent disk, but some work¬ ers prefer bronze, copper or other metal. Disks of this kind can be pur¬...and not cut its clearance. Some operators use a copper dia¬ mond saw and merely smear a small amount of...keep them wet. Water can be fed to wheels by small copper tubing pipe. A drain should be provided in the...malachite or minute. Note : This differs from R.P.M. calcite. (revolutions per minute of the arbor). The speed
Report (issue)
instance, with analogous ores at the Treadwell mine, Alaska, U.S.A. EDWAED E. PITTMAN, Government...Discovery of Pioneer Claim, 1872. Homward Bound Mine, 1874. Erection of batteries. Find of alluvial in... (j) Victory, B. Grass}' Gully (a) Grassy Gully Mine, (b) PercivaFs Claim. 9. Appendices. : — —...Mixner, manager of the ward Bound Mine Mr. 1. 1. ; Mr. Y, Petherick, the former manager Chappie, manager...manager of Mr. A. Hay's properties Mr. John Maclean, Mine; of ; Mr. C. Potts, B.A.; Nowra; Mr. Durkin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elmer AAnalist100 spectrophotometer (assembled in USA). Analytical solutions for Cu, Zn and Pb were obtained...constituted by quartz, kaolinite, illite, chlorite, calcite, and goethite, with traces of feldspars. The pebbles...goethite, with traces of chlorite/vermiculite, minor calcite and feldspars. The pebbles in P1 (Fig. 4) have... Calcareous tufa in P2 are mainly composed by calcite, associated with subordinate amounts of quartz...Fe-oxyhydroxides and clay minerals, with minor amounts of calcite. P. Costagliola et al. / Chemical Geology 270
Report (issue)
34 35 35 36 39 44 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 Mine descriptions ___________ --------- -- .. -------...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -...________ _________________________ _ Pr~nce William County _____________________ _ Crawford _____________________
Journal (volume)
Topography, with especial Reference to the Lake Superior Copper District. By John F. BLANDY, M.E. , The Use and...Church , M.E. , Remarks on the Hunt and Douglas Copper Process. By T. STERRY HUNT , LL.D. , F.R S. , Remarks...Remarks on the Magnetites of Clifton, in St. Lawrence County , New York. 360 364 By Prof. B. Silliman , ....Philadelphia . . Bloomfield, N. J. Marquette, L. S. , Michigan . Treasure City , White Pine Co., Nevada . Pottsville...York . GARDSER, GEORGE A. , *GAUJOT , E. , Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw Co. , Mich . *GEARY , JOSEPH W . , . Pottsville
Report (issue)
0308-2199j BRITISH MINING No.5 MEMOIRS of NORTHERN MINE the RESEARCH 1977 SOCIETY NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS...exploration and geological research with reference to mine workings of the British Isles are welcome for inclusion...addressed to: R.H. Bird Esq. The Editor, Northern Mine Research Society, 41 Windsor Walk, South Anston...Guthrie Esq . Publication After Sales, Northern Mine Research Society, 186 Station Road, Billingham TS23...otherwise, without prior permission of the Northern Mine Research Society. Further, any opinions or statements
Book (edition)
Statistics IEE GOLD SILVER . (QUICKSILVER LBAD ZINC COPPER TIN A ANTIMONY MANGANESE TRON Statistics : &c...ZINC COPPER (QUICKSILVER TIN : ANTIMONY IRon Statistics PORTUGAL Leap, Zinc anD ANTIMONY COPPER TIN...GoLpD LEAD AND ZING TO 1S UO (Oe Ge On : SILVER COPPER TRon Statisties RUSSIAN EMPIRE Urat Mountains...()UBENSLAND GOLD COPPER TEN: : 3 OTHER METALS Statistics - SournH AUSTRALIA . 3 GOLD COPPER é LEAD AND SILVER...SInvrer QUICKSILVER Lrap ZING TIN f ANTIMONY COPPER Iron . : ‘ OTHER MINERALS Statistics ‘ F ‘ s
Journal (volume)
for the Treatment of . . . . . . . . . . - 245 | Copper Region, Tie Great, of New Bute Dicks, Mechanical.... . . || Buffalo Coal Company..... . . . . 179 Copper Mines of Knockmahon, IreMarsh's Discovery of i...Bulletin of the Am. Iron and Steel of Steel Rails | Copper Ores, Zwick!'s New Process Frank firm'to: Method......... 13 I Engine...::::::: ...i '7” lore Knob Mine.................. 69 Ganley-Kanawha Colliery Co...Manufacture## || Gunpowder## # near Wilkesbarre... | Mine Fires 4°5 ... #rome iron.......;;... # Washing,
Journal (volume)
Fletcherville Charcoal Furnace near Mineville , Essex County , New York. By T. F. WITAERBEE, 65 EASTON MEETING...Steel. By A. L. HOLLEY, C.E. , The Ore Knob Copper Mine and some related Deposits. By T. STERRY 123...J. BROWN, 215 Improved Method of Measuring in Mine Surveys. By ECKLEY B. Coxe , 219 The Determination..., with especial Reference to the Lake Superior Copper District, BLAKE, PROF. W. P. , Recent Improvements...LL.D. , F.R.S. , Remarks on the Hunt and Douglas Copper Process , Hunt, T. STERRY , LL.D. , F R.S. , Remarks
Report (issue)
sole Wholesale Agent to the Trade outside the� County of London. r I ' .. I •., ,, I� • I GEOLOGICAL...sole Wholesale Agent to the Trade ot1tside the County of London. 1 1910. ,.,_ P1··ice '1 too S'liillings..... ••• . . .. .. . . ... . ., . 'l'in a11cl Copper .. . ... ... .. . ... ... .. . ... •••• ••• •••...Clay-pit • •• Fig. 6.-Pawton Mine • • • .;Ii,1g. . 7.-Treburgett Mine ••• •• • ••• ••• ••• •••...Over the slate and lava a reas antimony has been mine
 
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