 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan -- Downloaded by [University of Michigan] at 08:51...Figure 1. The 1996 mining crew at the 4th level, Caledonia adit. Left to right, Clyde Gruver, Jim Brooks...Photo by Ted Bornhorst, October 1996. T he Caledonia mine, owned by Red Metal Minerals, is located at...southern end of the famous Michigan native copper district and is the last operating mine on the copper range...specimen-mining activity in 1996. History The Caledonia Mining Company started mining operations in 1863 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...barite, datolite, apophyllite , natrolite, and microcline (variety adularia) occur less frequently as free-growing...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton |  | | Journal (issue) | | iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper 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 . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 I first went to the mine in the spring of...and epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought by Richard Whiteman, president...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the reĀ covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an...the opening of the Mass, A d Ā Colorado for the past twenty years. venture, Michigan, Hilton, Minesota |  | | 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...NoneĀ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net All mineral photography...History and Mineralogy of the St. Louis Mine Houghton County, Michigan Twentieth in a series of articles...at the St. Louis mine, located about 1.3 miles east of the village of Laurium, Michigan. This little-known...microcrystals in amygdules contained in a lava flow top. The mine has also yielded uniquely banded agates that occur...of the flat-topped agateproducing mine dumps at the St. Louis mine. The foundation on the right was the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...Copper Country TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he...Superior native copper district, also known as the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated...into Lake Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wulfenite, Empire mine, Tombstone, Arizona; Wendell E . Wilson photo and specimen. March/April: Mine engineers...engineers, Camp Bird mine, Colorado; Tom Rosemeyer historiĀ cal photo. May/June: Barite on calcite, Stoneham...Muntyan photo. July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire; ResurĀ rection Mining...Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase, New...Lalish, 313 Colorado: barite, 202-222; Camp Bird mine, 113-149; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum |  | | Report (issue) | | Bulletin 6 1976 COVER Shown is a porcelanoid mass of flesh colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH)...(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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. The near-shore find, now called the Laker...Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University. He now... The 3.3 Ć 5.8-cm specimen was part of a larger mass of intergrown crystals recovered from the center...August 2008, Barron and Peterson left Calumet, Michigan, with Petersonās 23-foot cabin cruiser in tow...Ć 20-cm) mass of crystallized copper. By gently wiggling the āknobā of copper, the whole mass was extracted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | News from the Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iuyw 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...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lode Houghton County, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of the dense basalt matrix at the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump. These small and inexpensive detectors have...agate itself. Collected by Ray Just, C & H No. 21 mine, 10 July 2011. uring the past sixty years (1952ā2012)...various mine dumps along the Kearsarge copper-bearing amygdaloidal lode in Houghton County, Michigan. These...excavating the agatebearing zone of the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump during the annual Copper Country Mineral Retreat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena...5.5 Ć 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Authorās specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and quartz. The longevity...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because |  | | 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) | | University] at 20:58 18 March 2015 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History...the Manganese Mine Keweenaw County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate...graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. He now spends a good part of the year in the Copper...ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits that occur...Figure 2. Tom Rosemeyer about to descend into the mine through the small surface opening that led to the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com There probably |  | | Report (issue) | | Quadrangle, Michigan and Wisconsin Prepared in cooperation with Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department...Assessment of the Iron River 1 Ā° X 2Ā° Quadrangle, Michigan and Wisconsin By W. F. Cannon GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...in cooperation with Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin...assessment of the Iron River 1Ā° X 2Ā° quadrangle, Michigan and Wisconsin. (Geological Survey circular ; 887)...mineral resources Michigan. 2. Mines and mineral resources Wisconsin. I. Michigan. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, LowĀ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifiĀ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...malachite margarite meionite melanterite? malachite microcline but it has been feared that adamsite is extinct...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expansĀ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...(amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone), magnetite,...calcite, gypsum, microcline, augite, stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ---, '<, ā¢ Boise I Dismal SW!fP \.J. Silver City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L....across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim |  | | 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 (issue) | | Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W...Record Inc. Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J...by R. S. W. Braithwaite Barite from the Niobec mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec .....................355 by...G. Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano...ā December, 1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N |
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