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Orthoclase from
Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416466
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416466:1
GUID (UUID V4):f80dc8c8-9b57-4e22-839f-df136dd968ff
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
29.0km (18.0 miles) ā“˜Unnamed prospect (drill core), Palmer, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ā“˜Empire Mine, Palmer, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) ā“˜Wheat Mine, Palmer, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) ā“˜Middle Island, Picnic Islands, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
78.6km (48.9 miles) ā“˜Superior Mine (Old Superior Mine), Superior, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
88.9km (55.2 miles) ā“˜Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
92.3km (57.3 miles) ā“˜Kingston Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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)
DIRECTOR THE MARdUETTE IllON-BEARING Mim OF MICHIGAN J^TJ^Js^S CHARLES RICHARD VAN HISE aud WILLIAM...Isolated areas within the Algonkian ā€” The Lower Marquette series, by C. R. Van Hise ā€” The Mesnard quartzite...232 CONTENTS. VII Chapter III.ā€” The Lower Marquette series, by C. R. Van Hiseā€” Continued. Section...Wewe 308 Hills CONTENTS. VIII ā€”The Lower Marquette series, by C. R. V.an Hiseā€” Continued. Section...Interesting localities Michigamme area 322 Nonpareil mine 324 Siamo Hills 324 326 Area east of Teal Lake
Report (volume)
Meridian of 76Ā° 30', from Tompkins County, Hew York, to Bradford,County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. Williams............ 23 In the iron-bearing series of Marquette, Mich ...................... 27 In the iron-bearing...quarry on the Torch Lake Railroad, Keweenaw Point, Michigan. No. 90 of the list, p. 40. Enlarged 67 diameters...Peter's sandstone, Arlington Prairie, Columbia County, Wisconsin. No. 95 of the list, p. 42. The enlargements...Saint Peter's sandstone, Gibraltar Bluff, Columbia County, Wisconsin. No. 96 of the list, p. 42. Polarized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
describe3 the geology of the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan. The pre-Cambrian rocks of the...Basement Complex or Archean, the Lower Marquette, and the Upper Marquette, the two latter constituting the...north of the Marquette series, called the Northern Complex, and one south of the Marquette series, called... VI., this JOURNAL. 2 The Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan, by C. R. VAN HISE and W. S....formed previous to the deposition of the Lower Marquette series. The Southern Complex differs from the
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ...
Report (issue)
copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A. Stromquist................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...copper*Ā«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30.............. 36 36 36 Contents (cont'd) Champion mine * Introduction .............. Stratigraphy.*
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the NegauneeIron Formation, Marquette District, Northern Michigan. Mineralogy, Metamorphic Reactions...regionalmetamorphismof the NegauneeIron Formationin the Marquette district from chlorite to sillimanitegrade has...Mg)OAI2Os-Fe2Os-SiO2-CO2-H20. IN the Marquette district of northern Michigan the NegauneeIron Formationand associated...Metropolis The lowest metamorphic-gradeNegaunee Iron mine localitysuggestmetamorphicpressures of be- Form...ankerite _+siderite __+magnetite, and siderite + Champion, Metropolis,and TL1 localitiesindicate a quartz
Journal (issue)
Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in
Journal (issue)
large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The ā€œCopper 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 .
Report (issue)
ores-----------------------------Mine descriptions----------------------------------Wilfley-Kimberly mine __ --------________________...Consolidated mine, Eldorado and Wilson mines, Felicia Grace mine, and Champion (New York) mine----------...hotomicrographs of polished sections from the Michigan-Snowbank, Triangle, and Lucky Strike mines __...________________________________ _ 21. Map of outlines of mine workings and ore bodies------------------------...part of central Colorado. Excluding the molybdenum mine at Climax, which is not described in this report
Book
SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. A. P. SWINEFORD. MARQUETTE, (L S.) MICH. THE MINING JOURNAL. 1876. ENTERED...concerned, little else than a compilation. A. P. Marquette, March, 1876. M8584S S. MINERAL RESOURCES...or one hundred leagues from the Hurons there is a mine of copper from which Truchement Brusle showed me...the advent of the Fathers, Allouez, Mesnard and Marquette, and the language of the author is such as to...island which is fifty in there is a very beautiful mine of in which circuit, leagues copper; it is found
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...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...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Report (issue)
COLJ('H ............................Instructor in Mine Accounting nlltl Secretary JAY FOREWORD 6 T H E...DUMORTIERITE I N HUMBOLDT QIJEERCANYOX, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, .I G. Jones ............................Jeffery, President Champion Porcelain Company. C. H. Lawson, Superintendent of the Champion Porcelain Company...Company Mine at Oreana, Xerada. Adolf Pabst, Milleralogy Department, University of California. A. Wetmore...dumortierite are in our collections froin the American Girl Mine about 10 miles north of Ogilby, and others from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hiitt. Suchsen,, 1889, 106).-In the Himmelsfiirst mine, at Freiberg, in Saxony, iron pyrites occurs in...Plumboferrite occurs in the Jakobsberg manganese mine a t Nordmarken, in veins in the granular limestone...white beryl. A bright green mineral from the Antler mine, Arizona, gave on analysisCuO. ZnO. CaO. SO3. H20...consisting of long, fibrous prisms from the Llama mine, Coquimbo, proved on examination to be dipyre (wernerite)...be halloysite. B. H. B. Chlorito'id from Champion, Michigan. By H. F. KELLER and A. C. LANE(Zeit. Kryst
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE EMPIRE COPPER MINE NEAR MACKAY, IDAHO by F. W. Farwell and R. P. Full...Lead-zinc deposits ........ The Empire Mine ............... - Mine development .......... Geology ........Folio 2. Plan maps, Empire mine area, Plates 1 to^S. ,/ Sections, Empire mine. Plates 29 to 45, 1 2 3...COPPER MINE NEAR MACKAY, x IDAHO by F. W. Farwell and R. P. Full SUMMARY The Empire copper mine, principal...principal mine in the Alder Creek mining district, is situated in the White Knob Range, about six miles by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, such as the now-defunct Zaaiplaats Tin Mine near Potgietersrus in the northern limb of the Complex...et al., 2001), the sediment-hosted Rooiberg Tin Mine in the western limb of the Complex (Rozendaal et...similarities between the Kromdraai fluorite-iron ore mine situated within the Rooiberg Group, overlying the...or texture (Table 1) but all are comprised of orthoclase, plagioclase, quartz and varying amounts of biotite...Fluorspar Mine (Crocker et al., 1988; Figures 1 and 2). The long defunct Albert Silver Mine, situated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAULF. KEIā€¢R. INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe...,,ā€¢ '"'> Fā€¢. ā€¢. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, Cā€¢ifornia, east of the Sierra Nevada...of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. ā€¢). The main mine plant is locatedabout 9000 feetabovesea-level.All...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance...7500 feetto almostā€¢o,ooofeetabovesealevel.ā€¢' The mine workingsare locatedalongthe face of a cliff on the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA G. C. Hall Australian Mineral Fields, 44 Parliament...regional suite of late-orogenic ā€œmafic dioritesā€ (Champion and Sheraton 1997). The earliest structures in...were sampled in the open pit, in the underground mine, and in drill holes WB-190AD and WB-209AD. At Granny...Thorntonā€“Tuttle index (DI = CIPW normative quartz + orthoclase + albite + nepheline) is used as a measure of...Childe Harold deposit (1.5 t Au), the Granny Smith mine produced 21.7 million metric tons of oxide ore at
Catalog/List
aupplied. Usually; the ā– ine ~e ā– ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speciā– ens. PRIES:...See M! Vol 14, pa 115 __ to!a, - St. llilaire Champion Hi,Ca Diamond Lake,( Hex1 co Cres tmore f,lry...Ontario, Canada Maid of Sunshi Michigan Haine Roxbury, CT Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks...Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants, New Hex Workman Creek Spain Connecticut..."Roses11 Hartse! !,CO Juanita Hi,NH Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarryā€”Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mineā€”near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous
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)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer ā€œdiamondsā€™ā€™), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of
Report (volume)
Part of the Alder Creek Mining District Custer County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1252-A Geology...Part of the Alder Creek Mining District Custer County, Idaho By W. H. NELSON and C. P. ROSS CONTRIBUTIONS...recovered metals at the Empire mine, 1901-42._ Production of the Horseshoe mine, 1916-28_________________...PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO By W. H. NELSON and C. P. Koss ABSTRACT...sections through the Empire mine on plate 1 was obtained from detailed mine maps made by Farwell and Full
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA Ā° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana Mā€™Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular
 
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