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Dolomite from
Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414926
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414926:2
GUID (UUID V4):cc964209-e329-40e4-a02c-091e811d2494
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
10.9km (6.7 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
32.1km (19.9 miles) Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Isle Royal No. 4 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) Isle Royal No. 5 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
40.9km (25.4 miles) Isle Royal No. 6 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Baltic No. 2 shaft, Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055), Huron River, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) Kona Dolomite, Big Bay, 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
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 (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.......................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...................................
Journal (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 .
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)
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 (issue)
com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • 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 ex­ travaganza featuring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Places of Geological and Mineralogical Interest in Michigan LOWER PENINSULA ARTHUR Y. JOHNSTONE Cranbrook...of Science 500 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013 The Upper Peninsula has pronounced geological...Paleozoic beds form the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin; from Marquette westward, the early Precambrian...beds, forming the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin, are evident as soon as you cross the 5-mile...Seaman Mineralogical Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 away softer surrounding
Catalog/List
calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals... - --- ----- ----- - -- 73 ■■ BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit...----- - - ------- ----- 1001 ■■ BRUCITE N'chwaning Mine, Kuruman, S. Africa Creamy to pale green ,rich foliated
Journal (issue)
.. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...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...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...1841 a report by Dr. Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous...the Gordonsville mine, Central Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from...northern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, approximately surrounding the western end of...crystals of dolomite with chalcopyrite, 8 cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas...photo. The copper deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan formed in a massive series of interbedded
Catalog/List
inch area of curious flattened c1ystals Nanisivik ,Mine, Baffin island , North West Territories Canada £25...DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £ 14 11. BARYTES and QUARTZ translucent...Specimen mounted on a plastic display base Volcano Mine, Tharis, l-Tuleva, Spain£25 15. MINIUM orange coating... about 1 .5 inches long . Maroon Pass, Colorado USA£7 23. YANADINITE variety ENDLlCHITE intergrown brown...surface. with some minor green Pyromorphite 79 Mine Arizona USA £10 26. SMALTITE dark grey 5 111111 vein on
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...white. waterbearing. in hollows of Calciferous dolomite, but absent often Buff and bluish dolomites often...Huronian Character of Rocks Outer Nonesuch Central Mine Animikean neo-Huronian Thickness Shales: dark...Columnar Section oo00 Slate: black largely. Dolomite: with siliceous cherty and slaty (schistose) bands
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£5 lx2 £10 Pyroxene 3 ■■ AGRELLITE Villedieu Township, Kipawa, River Quebec, Can Rich fibrous pale grey-brown...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained
Catalog/List
Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;
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...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...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...blue-grey masses in quartz rich black grains in pale dolomite. Possible minor hematite lx2£4 2x2£7 2x3£10 lxl£3...- ' - - " - ' - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - 139 DOLOMITE Selasvatn, Fianc, Norway 1066 LABRADORITE Hidra
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)
Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Arizona Mineral Minions collector group based in Phoenix, the Mineralogical Society of Arizona, the Flagg...Secretary of the House. In due course I drove up to Phoenix to monitor the reading of the bill on the House...Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement... Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall
Journal (issue)
Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...traveled all the way from Philadelphia to Yuma County in order to gather more wulfenite and vanadinite...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite
Book
tts pee erg Hintli0 Py 4> ne ’ i<) ee 6's) Michigan, by.Edward C. Peterson and Esther A. Middlewood...of mining will find most mine managers willing to help, even though the mine may not be open to casual...State Offices of Information, Chambers of Commerce, mine managers, and Bureau personnel have freely contributed...old shafts! Always use available guide services. Mine openings (tunnels, adits, open pits) should never...during active operations, they are swept out of the mine by the controlled ventilating current. Remember
Report (issue)
description of sample logs for two wells in Shawnee County, Kansas: 34 p. Dec. 9, 1964. (Wa, Da, Db, M. State...San Francisco Plateau near Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona: 27 p., 3 figs. Jan. 15, 1964. (Wb; Geology...Ariz.; 4018 Federal Bldg., 230 North 1st Ave., Phoenix, Ariz.; Holbrook, Ariz.) 3. Ayer, G. R., Float...wood, and Greenwood quadrangles, Ontonagon County, Michigan: 1 sheet. Dec. 9, 1964. (Wa, Da, M. Geol....of Geology and Geol. Engineering, Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, Mich.) 8. 9. Barnes, D. F., and
Catalog/List
QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult it is...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ...ollection County, Colorado; measures 8 nn ae from the \ slight ¢ « nax 1g Mine : The Kevin...silver was found in the late 1970s at the Dukat Mine measures which is mainly known by 6 cm Ex: Helmut... initely a unique opportunity. From the Dukat Mine, Dukat Gold-Silver Ore Field, Magadan Oblast’, East
Report (issue)
[99.99] 100.00 (1) Monterey Formation, California, USA, CO2 calculated from stoichiometry. (2) CaCO3 . Polymorphism...rocks; common as speleothems in caves. Association: Dolomite, celestine, fluorite, barite, pyrite, marcasite...localities include: in Iceland, at the Helgustadanáma mine, Reydarfjord. In England, from Alston Moor, Egremont...Romania. In the USA, from Rossie and Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York; at Hancock, Houghton Co., and in...in the Phoenix mine, Keeweenaw Co., Michigan; in Missouri, from many mines in Reynolds Co., and at Joplin
 
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