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Gypsum from
Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416098
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416098:4
GUID (UUID V4):f31b2d2b-e4b8-4460-98d4-a0935c26f87c
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
6.4km (4.0 miles) Iroquois Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) Nonesuch Shale, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Mendota Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Lakeshore traps, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
36.6km (22.7 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
36.6km (22.8 miles) Isle Royal No. 4 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) Isle Royal No. 5 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton 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 (issue)
large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...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 .
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
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY NOVEMBER, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER...previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby...deposits of Michigan, U.S. Prof. Pap. 144, p. 2, 1929. Geol. Surv. GEOLOGYOF MICHIGAN COPPERDISTRICT...These are as follows: T. M. Broderick, Zoning in Michigan copperdepositsand its significance. EcoN. Gv.ox
Journal (issue)
the Copper rontier Development of Michigan's Cliff Mine ( 1845-1870) by Paul Chrastina Introduction...into Kansas, as well as southeast through central Michigan, perhaps as far as western Tennessee. Today, the...the Copper Frontier: Development of Michigan's Cliff Mine (1845-1870) .............................................................36 northern Michigan. The Keweenaw Peninsula is a narrow promontory, 70 miles...tained North America's first great mining boom, the Keweenaw cop­ per rush of the 1840's. Early Copper 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.......................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...................................
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Catalog/List
etc.; Arizona ...............158 ALABASTER-See Gypsum ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick...Grii,uritt Fibrous, grayish-green in magnetite; Michigan . . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in pink...dark green chlorite pseudomorph after garnet; Michigan, ¾ to 1 •, .25 and .35 Crystals in matrix, 1 x...flawed, .25 per ounce Caesium-bearing, white masses; Mine . a . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13 BERZELIANITE (cuprous...CONICHALCITE-Scc Higginsite COPPER (copper) Massive, pure; Michigan, 1 x 2', .25 . .. . ... ... . . ... . 95 Masses
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive... siderite, rhodochrosite, malachite, azurite, gypsum, anhydrite, baryte, apatite, turquoise, borax,...greasy appearance, e.g. quartz, siderite, diamond, gypsum. The following is a list of other terms that describe...Silky: like silk in smoothness and fineness, e.g., gypsum Vitreous: glassy, e.g., quartz, feldspar Transparency:...(with | being the softest) is as follows: | talc, 2 gypsum, 3 calcite, 4 fluorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar,
Journal (issue)
Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting community...be observed in the minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907... Prospects for production were mediocre and the mine remained relatively idle until 1942 when E.J. Myler
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t....... 4.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 ALABASTER-See Gypsum ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick...(Mohawkite), (copper arsenides) Massive in rock; Michigan ................1 x 2" .25 1.50 1.00 .75 1.00..... . COPPER (copper) Massi ve or partly xled; Michigan, Arizona, et c. 1 X 2", .26...... , , .. .......native copper deposit ; Michigan ................. . · Masses in amygdaloid; Michigan ...................
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...and mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective...photographer or open-air vacationer. Hundreds of mine dumps, miles of agate beaches, increasing numbers...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau at Marquette, Michigan, for scenic and historical attractions, we wasted...476 through New York State stopping at Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N. Y. for hematite, botrvoidal siderite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals...crystals at the Chimney Rock quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey. Dark emerald-green, acicular brochantite
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
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
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 (volume)
COPPER REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver in Michigan...Michigan - Cotton in France - Great Gun - Terrible Explosion in Quebec - The Riches of the Country. MINING...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The.... THE LAKE CHROME AND MINERAL CO. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD. 253 254 GOLD AND SILVER IN CANADA ..... THE...PETROLEUM , OLD AND NEW ........ 297 PLUMBAGO MINE IN LOWER CANADA ... 301 BOGUS MINING COMPANIES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
famous Green (Strontian) Island site in Ottawa County (Douglass, 1820, 1821). Although Ohio's minerals...irregular shapes, molds of fossils, molds of gypsum nodules and gypsum crystals, voids in col­ lapse and fault...the selective replacement of bedded or nodular gypsum (Carlson, 1987). The Findlay Arch mineral district...extension into Allen County in northeastern Indiana and Monroe County in southeastern Michigan, the district...celestite pocket, Portage quarry, Portage, Wood County. John Medici photo. beds are overlain by Middle
 
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