| Locality type: | Township |
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| Species: | Copper |
| Formula: | Cu |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | 14 photos of Copper associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Datolite | 10 photos of Copper associated with Datolite at this locality. |
| Silver | 8 photos of Copper associated with Silver at this locality. |
| Analcime | 5 photos of Copper associated with Analcime at this locality. |
| Quartz | 5 photos of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Malachite | 4 photos of Copper associated with Malachite at this locality. |
| Prehnite | ⓘ4 photos of Copper associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Bornite | 2 photos of Copper associated with Bornite at this locality. |
| Chalcocite | 2 photos of Copper associated with Chalcocite at this locality. |
| Cuprite | 1 photo of Copper associated with Cuprite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Copper data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 4299 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:4299:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 965b34ce-69a9-4bb7-b94f-5aca6e0a62e3 |
| Localities for Copper in this Region |
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| Agate Harbor Mine, Agate Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Amygdaloid Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Connecticut Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Childs Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Hill Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Old Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Gribble vein, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Thomas Shaft, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Petherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Dan's Point, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Devil's Wash Tub, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Drexel Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Drill Hole 77, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Eagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Esrey Park, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Great Sand Bay, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Gull Rock (Grand Marais), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Laker pocket, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Laker pocket II, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Native Copper Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Washington Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Waterbury Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Nearest other occurrences of Copper |
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| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘEagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘGull Rock (Grand Marais), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘNative Copper Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘWaterbury Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.8km (2.3 miles) | ⓘChilds Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘOwl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘOld Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘDrexel Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘCopper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘThomas Shaft, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystallized copper was made in shallow water on the bottom of Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County...County, Michigan. The near-shore find, now called the Laker Pocket, was located in a fissure vein cutting...pocket netted more than three hundred groups of copper crystals ranging in size from large-cabinet specimens...9,000–15,000 feet, and form the “spine” of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Interbedded with the basalt flows are...At the base of this sequence is the fluvial Copper Harbor Conglomerate that ranges from 200 to 7,000 feet |  | | Book | | Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, «Ahmoek SLE ROYALE...Ishpeming + HiUM boig, «Palmer «Republic SOME COPPER COUNTRY NAMES AND PLACES COPYRIGHT May 23, 1975...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...ice a nineOo by Copper Island Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S...this. NOTE publication indicates, here are "Some Copper Country Names and Places." I realize that not |  | | 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...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...................................... |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "KEWEENAW—COPPER COUNTRY By JOE ROTHSTEIN 255 West 84th Street, New York 24, N. Y. Keweenaw! in the...Bridge. In all the mitted. Inquiries to clubs in Michigan rugged beauty that makes up Michigan's were not...cipal of the high school in nearby Nethe native copper would be exposed. gaunee, to expect us on Monday...paradise and Copper Harbor at the very tip of even when they speak of the harshness Keweenaw where Brockway...mountains of northern "Where?", and she said, "Michigan," Pennsylvania, stopping off to see the deep and |  | | Audio (Series) | | $5.00 DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY Picture painted by Clyde S. Mikkola. Courtesy of Tom and Lani...Lani Hendricks Poynter, Delaware Copper Mine Tours. By Clarence J. Monette TWENTY-EIGHTH OF A LOCAL HISTORY...org/details/delawareminemichO0O00mone DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY COPYRIGHT January 13, 1987 Clarence...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-27-2...churchs Ot telce Organizations second school Copper mining Several companys company Lac La Belle |  | | Book | | BOUNDARIES Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines 1840-1875 LARRY LANKTON New York Oxford...boundaries : life and landscape at the Lake Superior copper mines, 1840-1875 / Larry Lankton. p. cm. Includes...0-19-510804-3 1. Copper industry and trade—Michigan—Keweenaw PeninsulaHistory—i9th century. 2. Copper miners—Michigan—Keweenaw...miners—Michigan—Keweenaw Peninsula—History—1910 century. I. Lankton, Larry. grave. II. Title. HD9539-C7U547...it the "Lake Superior copper district," the "Keweenaw Peninsula," and the "Copper Country." In the mid-nineteenth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix of crystallized copper. The...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...the finest calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp...striking contrast with the rugged surface of the copper matrix. The specimen was part of the L. L. Hubbard |  | | Book | | MINE Miners breaking up a giant mass of pure copper. One mass found on the seventh level measured...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-52-3...asc 32 PONS: WO.t Gai @Clos ee eye Medical Copper SOU service mining le ee Slater ----------------...andmpostone copper Herpor Mining Company of Pittsburgh. It was always knownvas first copper the mine...first mine pay a dividend from Lake Superior to copper. According Charles to sAvenysmtines Companyernesi |  | | Book | | and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. By...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-37-X...fire Copper tower Mining Company Company Company and Company Mining Mining Copper Keweenaw Company;...Belle lies at the foot of Mount Bohemia in Keweenaw County. The French name Lac La Belle means "beautiful...prehistoric copper mining site where prehistoric Native Americans collected and processed copper for their |  | | Report (issue) | | The Base of the Upper Keweenawan, Michigan and Wisconsin GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1354-F The... The Base of the Upper Keweenawan, Michigan and Wisconsin By WALTER S. WHITE CONTRIBUTIONS TO STRATIGRAPHY...1354-F A proposal to adopt the top of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate as the base of the upper Keweenawan...__________________.___ _ _ Top and bottom of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate as unconformities ________________________...____________ Base of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate __________ _ Top of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate _____________ |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book... 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...and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio hugs the edge of Lake Erie. These states |  | | Journal (issue) | | collectors. (Continues on page 4) 2 Fluorescent Michigan Sodalite (Continued from page 1) "I have a little...Oldsphotograph.Althoughthe fluorescentintensityof this Michigan sodalite is best describedas moderatewhen illuminated...reported from Michigan before; no mention of it is made in The Mineralogy of Michigan (Heinrich, I 976)...Mineralogy of Michigan by E. Wm. Heinrich (Robinson, 2004), or in Mineralogy of Michigan Update (Robinson...primary Preliminary SEMJEDS analyses conducted at Michigan Technological University showed only Na, Al, Si |  | | Book | | • s TH£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..•.....•........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN • 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition • 1964 This edition was published...in the fabulous and historic region known as the Copper Country. First printing, July, 1964 Second printing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MEASUREMENTS COUNTRY, IN THE Nos.3 a 4 COPPER MICHIGAN. BY W. J. Roo•. AbstractsDuringthe summerof...the Carnegie Institution of Washingtonand the Michigan Collegeof Mines and Technology engagedin conductingjointly...measurements in the CopperCountry of northern Michigan, wherethe geological structure is well known,...the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the Michigan College of Mines and 97 (Plat• FRANCISCO AFONSO...seriesof resistivitymeasurementsin the Copper Country of northern Michigan, where the geologicalstructure is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...Greenbrier St., Springfield, Mass. Anyone for copper? After a hundred years of mining activity and mineral...mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective for...delightful days and pleasant memories of Michigan's copper and iron country. Our twelve days on the Upper...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau at Marquette, Michigan, for scenic and historical attractions, we wasted |  | | Report (issue) | | Michigan’s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents.......................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ............................................................ 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country .........................................Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush...Michigan’s Copper Country – CMG 92 01 - page 1 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 1404 E. Sharon Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 cjstefan@mtu...WILLIAM B. BARR JR. 1405 Hewett Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 wbarr@umich.edu Figure 1. Portrait of young...year as his early journey to the Lake Superior copper district. The back of the photo indicates it was...Christopher J. Stefano (1849–1933) One of the Copper Country’s Greatest Mineral Collectors A TRUE “RENAISSANCE...and mine manager at various mines in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. A lover of the outdoors, Hubbard had |  | | Report (volume) | | Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. Published. V. Copper-bearing Rocks of Lake Superior, by Prof. R. D....Lord. 1883. 4°. xiv, 451 pp. 3 pi. Price $1.50. V. Copper-bearing Bocks of Lake Superior, by Prof. B. D....Meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, Hew York, to Bradford,County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. Williams...the quarry on the Torch Lake Railroad, Keweenaw Point, Michigan. No. 90 of the list, p. 40. Enlarged 67...Peter's sandstone, Arlington Prairie, Columbia County, Wisconsin. No. 95 of the list, p. 42. The enlargements |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response almost bowled us over so...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field |  | | Book | | Park 13700 13.25 Lane Garden, Michigan 49835 Tel: (906) 644-2603 Keweenaw Peninsula Jill Barbour (jnbarbour@mtu...Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton...Rocks National Lakeshore P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 49862 Tel: (906) 387-2607 / Email: David_Kronk@nps...Mining Engineering and Sciences (adjunct) Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 Tel: (906) 227-1176...Porritt, Dept of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Michigan Technological University Michelle Miller, Center |  | | Report (issue) | | filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...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) | | 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...at the Gull Rock fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV...localities are arranged geographically, starting with Keweenaw Point and continuing in a southwestern direction...end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off Keweenaw Point have drawn much attention |
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Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA