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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Grunerite2 photos of Specularite associated with Grunerite at this locality.
Schorl1 photo of Specularite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Specularite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Ilmenite1 photo of Specularite associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:657401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:657401:7
GUID (UUID V4):b6365120-b493-4ff3-a19a-d9351a1f4ebc
Nearest other occurrences of Specularite
7.4km (4.6 miles) Humboldt Mine (Edwards Mine), Humboldt Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Republic Mine, Republic, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) Cambria-Jackson Mine (Cambria Mine; incl. Hartford Mine; Lakeside property; Lillie Mine [Bessemer Mine]), Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
78.0km (48.4 miles) Pine Creek reservoir, Florence County, Wisconsin, 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on the campus of the sault Ste. Marie Branch of Michigan Technological university in conjunction with the...Counties, Michigan A. P. Ruotsala, G. J. Koons, and S C. Nordeng The Mn-bearing minerals of Champion mine...mine, Champion, Michigan 10:2.5 Unique intergrowth of calcite and pyrite 9:45 Larry L. Babcock Paul W...MANGANESE.BEARING X{INERALS OF CHAMPION CHAMPION, MICHIGAN L. Belcocx, MINE. Michigut, Tecl,tnol,ogi.cal...Michigon champion Mine is a "hard" iron ore producer on the southern limb of the Marquette synclinorium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WELCOME TO ROCKHOUNDS PARADISE, U.S.A. (MARQUETTE COUNTY) - MICHIGAN By BOB M A R K E R T The Midwest Federation...bornite, chrome nontronite, saponite, calcite, specularite, micaceous iron ore, siderite, pyrite, chalcopyrite...the abandoned dumps of the Holmes and Cliff Shaft Mine. Cau­ tion: Permission must be obtained in the latter...Park, S. Jackson Pit, and near County Road 581 near the Greenwood Mine road intersection. Magnetite is...Magne­ tite is found at the Greenwood Mine and the Champion Mine. The best grade and best looking specimens
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 (issue)
about 35 mi southeast of Cottage Grove in Lane County (Tps. 22 and 23S; Rs. 1 and 2E). The roughly circular... Elevations range from just under 2,000 ft on Champion Creek on the edge of the district to 5,933 ft...Some of the cirques now contain lakes or bogs. Champion Creek begins in a cirque (checkpoint 55). Geology...break off abruptly into the very narrow valley of Champion CPeek. Gl.acial cir ques are visible in the area...Minerals found at the Musick mine dump (checkpoint 40) and the Champion mine dump (checkpoint 55) are typical
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*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30.............. 36 36 36 Contents (cont'd) Champion mine * Introduction .............. Stratigraphy.*
Report (volume)
Stibnite-pyrite-quartz veins_______________________ Specularite and magnetite veinlets and disseminated 44 44...44 44 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 specularite..._-__--_----__------__-_____________ 48 Disseminated pyrite...prospects._____----_-_--___---_-_-______________ Champion and Evening Star.___________________________ Helena...Dendritic gold from leached part of vein at Buzzard mine, Jackson County____________________-___-_____-___...sphalerite in cherty quartz from Barren mine, Jackson County; B, Polished surface of sphalerite from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1 (left). Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse...and Shaft 1 in the background. The ALBERT Silver Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa...of the underground workings at the Albert Silver mine based on Van Zijl (1965), prepared by William Besse...Around 1885 the ore deposit of the Albert Silver mine was discovered, and production continued intermittently...(Robb, Robb, and Walraven 1994). The Albert Silver mine is situated on the farm Roodepoortjie 250JR, north
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 (issue)
........ 290 A MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE MICHIGAN IRON RANGES. By Kiril Spiroff ..................MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE MICHIGAN I RON RANGES By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology...period has never been vicinity of the city of Marquette, offer a duplicated in the earth's subsequent...large demand for iron durIn the upper peninsula of Michigan ing the Civil war, a close relationship the bedrock...until A unique feature of these old rocks is 1901 Michigan was the leading producer. the presence of iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional favorite...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont...Vermont. It is reported from Stoddard, Cheshire County, and from the Palermo and Charles Davis pegmatites (possibly...(possibly scorzalite) at North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lazulite is best known in the southeastern...“quartzite” matrix from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. The 4.6-cm-high specimen is in the Kevin
Journal (issue)
TRIP WONDERLAND by H bers Th ai w of Ishpeming, Michigan f the S60 Midwest Federat Field Trip Convention...of the Iro bed rock geology Falls dist) ct of Michigan, pr Crysta with the Geologica pared in cooperation...III. V1 hold a gem and cK exhibit at the Sangamon County Junior Fairg Inds | M L\ 4 22 The ( \ e ! admMmIssIo...“We ; ons... Your Reservati Do 86 it Today!! MICHIGAN—the “Salt of the Earth” Few people realize the...stimated that heneath the surfas he great state of Michigan itself the sf , reserve of more than 71 ¢ ree
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblage.The resulting, banded, metamorphic quartz-specularite-magnetite horizons, with quartz-specu- lari...shownby assemblages suchas Mn-aegirine-rhodonite-specularite-rhodochrosite. Introduction betweeneach of these...Minas Geraisarea of James (1955) from northern Michigan, and by Brazil. French (1968) in the Biwabik Iron...bandedquartz-magnetite-specularite iron'-formation. The thin, darker bandsare specularite(S) surroundedby much...oœQuartz-Carbonate alternatingbandsof quartz-specularite and quartzIron-Formation magnetite(Fig. 3C),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
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)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Arts & Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan © R. V. Dietrich and the Research...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...have been completed. R. V. Dietrich Mt. Pleasant, Michigan September 1, 1969 3 Check List of Virginia...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence and origin of the ore bodies on the Marquette range 1113 General statement 1113 Footwall ore...silicate fades at the Mary Charlotte trough 1113 Mine 1114 2.—Cross section showing the relationship of...Gogebic, and Republic granite on the western Marquette have been described by many workers. Some of the...western Gogebic, and the western portion of the Marquette district, where it is associated with other amphiboles...in the eastern part of the Gogebic and in the Marquette district. Gruner (1946, p. 12) postulates that
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...Fluorspar Mine (Crocker et al., 1988; Figures 1 and 2). The long defunct Albert Silver Mine, situated...silver content derived by supergene enrichment (Champion, 1970; Robb et al., 1994). Of the numerous granite
Report (issue)
district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;;...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral...Stockton Hill districts; Pinal County, at Silver King; Santa Cruz County, at Montezuma and Empress of India...India mines, Tyndall district; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains. ARSENOPYRITE (rnispickel
Report (issue)
Geology of the Negaunee Quadrangle, Marquette County, Michigan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 788...of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Geology of the Negaunee Quadrangle, Marquette County...County, Michigan ByWILLARD P. PUFFETT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 788 Prepared in cooperation with...with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Description of an...sketch map showing western Upper Peninsula of Michigan and location of Negaunee quadrangle........ Chart
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 (issue)
MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in a small pegmatitemass...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...di~nensionhave been found at the Abner Pinchbeck mine 0.5 miles east of Amelia (Dietrich, 1970). Small...Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite) occur at the Herbb # 2 pegmatite mine north of Flat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA ' ABSTRACT The Protogine Zone comprises a system...the Haile Mine and Graves Mts in the southern Appalachians, and the Mono County Andalusite Mine and Champion...Champion Mine in the White Mts, California (Espenshade & Potter, 1960; Wise & Loh, 1976). Some of these...manganophyllite. Hematite is commonly present as specularite and locally occurs as thin ore bodies (Fig. 2)...of pyrophyllite. At 1 is a grain of hematite (specularite); at 2 nest of small needles of fibrolite; at
Report (issue)
the Iron River-Crystal Falls District, Iron County Michigan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Conservation PAPER 570 Geology...the Iron River-Crystal Falls District, Iron County Michigan By H. L. JAMES, C. E. BUTTON, F. J. PETTIJOHN...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Conservation UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...minerals._____-__-_--___________________ Sulfide-specularite association ________________ Manganese assoc
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;
 
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