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Copper from
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ6 photos of Copper associated with Calcite at this locality.
Silverⓘ3 photos of Copper associated with Silver at this locality.
Epidoteⓘ3 photos of Copper associated with Epidote at this locality.
Mohawkiteⓘ3 photos of Copper associated with Mohawkite at this locality.
Domeykiteⓘ2 photos of Copper associated with Domeykite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality.
Algodoniteⓘ1 photo of Copper associated with Algodonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (23 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4306:9
GUID (UUID V4):72694d3b-b7d4-4b30-8a7a-7074bb07e637
Localities for Copper in this Region
Mohawk No. 2 shaft, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Mohawk No. 5 shaft, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Mohawk No. 6 shaft, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘMohawk No. 2 shaft, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSeneca No. 1 Shaft, Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘSeneca No. 2 shaft (Gratiot Mine), Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘSeneca No. 3 Shaft, Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘAhmeek No. 3 Shaft, Ahmeek mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘAhmeek No. 4 Shaft, Ahmeek mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘIroquois Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘMohawk No. 6 shaft, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMass Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘOld Seneca Mine (Seneca No. 4 Shaft), Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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 (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson.
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)
THE KEARSARGE Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER...free-growing, complex copper crystals, measuring 5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s...articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Downloaded by [Columbia University] at...KEARSARGE LODE was one of seven blanket-type native copper orebodies that were mined in the brecciated amygdaloidal...secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porcelaneous Datolite in MichiganÕs Lake Superior Copper District Figure 1. A rare and beautiful yellow...nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...A. Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious...descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only mud and ice for...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine
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)
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
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
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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..."beautiful lake." This area of Grant Township is in fact becoming an attraction for tourists and fishermen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens of copper, datolite, calcite...afford little material of interest besides the usual copper and silver. With mounting discouraging trips, we...particularly pumpellyite and chlorastrolite and copper xls can only be fully appreciated by use of a microscope...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible
Report (issue)
maps of recently active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J.................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy..... 16 Structure, 17 17 18 Distribution of copper > Kearsarge lode, 19 19 Stratigraphy, .. 19...Distribution of copper,.*»...................... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft... . ' ' Distribution of copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*...
Report (issue)
X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA. 9.25 (100), 2.954 (86)...31.71 16.30 100.00 (1) Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA; average electron microprobe...As intergrowths with guérinite coating oxidized copper arsenides. Likely formed by a topotactic reaction...Distribution: From the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA. Name: Honors Jean Petermann...Houghton, Michigan, USA, from 1975 to 1986. Type Material: A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Tech, Houghton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologyof Two New Mines in the Native Copper District of Michigan R. J. WEEGE,J.P. POLLOCK, ANDTHECALUMET...promisingdepositsdevelopedin recentyears in the Michigan native copper district are both in conglomerate beds...relativelycontinuous and contains43 percentof the copper. The middle and upper parts of the bed are only...extensionof the famousCalumetand Hecla conglomerate mine. The shapeof the conglomeratelensesand lithology...contributions. In the followinggeneralacT‱IE Michigan native copper depositshave been mined almostcontinuouslysinceabout
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan's Copper Country Rocks & Minerals 2001.76:156-188. Tom...I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization occurs...(chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that occur in the Portage...Lake Volcanics (PLV) and the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. The native-copper deposits can be further divided
Book
CLIFTON and the CLIFF MINE Miners breaking up a giant mass of pure copper. One mass found on the...wide, and weighed three hundred tons at the Cliff Mine. By Clarence J. Monette FIFTY-THIRD OF A LOCAL...CLIFF MINE COPYRIGHT January 30, 1999 Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945...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 Cliff
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
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)
COPPER ARSENIDES AT MOHAWK, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE Junior, Chemistry The Michigan College of Mining...Mining and Technology Houghton, Michigan During my early years at Michigan Tech, I became well acquainted...the "Copper Country". Most interesting, however, are the peculiar species consisting of copper and arsenic...localities throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula. The most notable occurrence was at the Mohawk No. 1 and No. 2 Mines...Mines, Mohawk, Michigan. The shaft heads — now cemented — can still be seen about 50 yards off Route 41
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On MIneRALs fROM THe KeWeenAW cOPPeR DIsTRIcT,...material from several former mines on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, has revealed the presence of several...occurrence of anilite (Cu7S4) near Painesdale, Michigan (Heinrich and Robinson 2004), carbonate matrix...chalcocite-bearing vein material from the Baltic mine exposing the sulfides. Several samples carried small...Additional minerals present in the veinlets are native copper, metallic grains of Cu-As alloys showing highly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...05:05 09 June 2012 Lake Superior Native Copper District Fifteenth in a series of articles on the mines...Michigan’s Copper Country 298 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Considered by some to be the finest copper specimen...world, this 6 × 8-cm crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of...and the piece is now on display in the special Copper Country collection case; Jeff Scovil photo. Downloaded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ILY-AUGUST, 1971 COPPER-NICKELARSENIDES OF THE MOHAWK NO. 2 MrNE, MOHAWK, KEWEENAW CO., MTCHTGAN Unioersity...Assrr,{cr Copper-nickel arsenides collected from a large fissure at the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mobawk, Keweenaw...Keweenaw Co., Michigan were investigated by powder diffractometry and electron probe analysis. These materials...a-domeykite, B-domeykite, algodonite, arsenical copper, rammelsbergite, pararammelsbergite, and niccolite...negligible solubility of copper in the nickel arsenides and nickel in the copper arsenides. AII examples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1975–1986) of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University. The mineral name honors... 2018). Jeankempite was discovered on oxidized copper arsenides (“mohawkite,” a mixture primarily consisting...domeykite and algodonite) from the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It occurs as white lamellar...lavendulan. Other associated minerals include calcite, copper, and ankerite. Studies of its crystal structure...ean Kemp was born 24 December 1917 in Calumet, Michigan. She spent her childhood summers at the family
Report (issue)
619(1) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA. 2.05 (100), 1.888 (70), 1.965 (50),...28.21 Total 100.06 99.61 100.00 (1) Mohawk mine, Michigan, USA. (2) Wasserfall, France; by electron...Occurrence: Of hydrothermal origin. Association: Copper (typically arsenian), silver, algodonite. Distribution:...Distribution: In Chile, from the Algodones silver mine, near Coquimbo [TL] and at San Antonio and Chañarcillo...In the USA, from the Mohawk and Ahmeek mines, Keweenaw Co., and in the Sheldon-Columbia mine, Portage
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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...wildr@michigan.gov Mine Descriptions Rob Porritt, Dept of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Michigan Technological
 
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