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Amethyst from
Copper Creek Mine, Mamainse Point area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Creek Mine, Mamainse Point area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:732309
Long-form Identifier:1:3:732309:6
GUID (UUID V4):86f02384-113e-46e9-9e0a-f98e30695e41
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘMamainse Point area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
References
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Report (issue)
Price 75 cents 1963 GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY CANADA OF CANADA PAPER 63-18 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR:... DEPARTMENT MINES AND OF TECHNICAL SURVEYS CANADA - i - CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcon gold mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMillan Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Massey mine .. .. . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content... . ; Ontario Geological Survey, ...670-5691 Toll Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Local: (705) 670-5691 Toll Free:...(inside Canada, United States) Local: (416) 326-2678 Toll Free: 1-800-668-9938 (inside Canada, United
Book
enOLOGIOAT SURVEY OF CANADA. AALFRED R C.SELWYN, C. M. G., LL.D. F.RS., Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...17 20 v1 GEOLOGICAL TABLE OF SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS— Continued. OXYGEN saLTs—Continued...SR oe OS] oy ENG)oot et ne) ea AME ALES iy GR. Copper ores : INAGEVe MOOR DCIS Sa). ch! teens Bia,f nd...te nates cure a kis soy ene BOrAlve/Or Purple: COPPer OTR. Oth ot) ik a! wk eee ae Specimens illustrating...distribution of bornite. Chalcocite or vitreous copper ore................ Specimensillustrating the distribution
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini
Show/Event (guide)
2:45 C o l l e c t i n g copper crystals at Mamainse Point, Lake Superior, Ontario. R. McDougall & D. K....zone assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn...specialist at the University o f Wisconsin — Stevens Point and adjunct instructor in the UW-SP College of Natural...last 12 years. As a child growing up in the Detroit area, his only exposure to collecting was searching for...a Michigan DNR grant, it was the allure of the Copper Country mining history and Lake Superior that heightened
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Report (Issue volume)
Printer, Ottawa, from the Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada. Price $1.30 Catalogue No. M41-8/8-1 Price subject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 Page 1 e INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 11...general equipment Care of specimens Collecting in Canada Mineral and rock sets Abbreviations used in references...APPENDICES Additional reading Amateur clubs in Canada Addresses INDEX TO MINERALS 74277-H CoverJade
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLORADO AMETHYST THOMAS C . MICHALSKI U. S. Geological Survey Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado...E CENTURY, COL­ O R A D O ' S N U M E R O U S amethyst localities have been studied and recorded in geologic...has any significant amethyst occur­ rences. Most of Colorado's " o l d " amethyst localities are, however...fine gemstone and mineral specimens. Background Amethyst, the purple variety of crystalline quartz, has...beauty and sup­ posed mystical powers. The word amethyst comes from the ancient Greek and means "not drunken
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for...And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by a few collectors for about fifty years, this area was popular for little more than a decade, providing...granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are many other proposed...County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side along picnic area, in small cavities in basalt: small crystals of...and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular, malachite, powellite... Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim, Seven Devils district, about 4 miles
Journal (issue)
Traces of aluminium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, copper, barium, iron, strontium, sodium, silver, titanium...52—but it is very strong from the " engineering " point of view. Further, since in longchain hydrocarbons...diamond, taken with a divergent beam of X-rays from a copper target. The film was perpendicular to a four-fold...clearly seen as in a stereographic projection. Copper " a " radiation was used and the exposure time...LTHOUGH the gem species of Western and Northern Canada are are fairly numerous, only a few few deposits
Book
is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Pezzotta and Zorzi (2008). ILMENITE UNITED STATES and CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Ice River complex. The Ice River...uli11111 of Mi11eml Discm‱t‱ries, /960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's
Journal (issue)
Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California; Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho;...Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor
Report (issue)
variant names, etc. Native Elements Gold Silver Copper Platinum Nickel-Iron (Kamacite) (Tacnitc) Schrcibcrsitc...Asphaltic residue Silicates Quartz (Rock Crystal) (Amethyst) (Green quartz) (Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose...ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst, anaicime, anthophyllite, apatite, aragonite,...COUNTY: albitc, almandine, alunitc (?), amazonstonc, amethyst, anaicime, andesine, andradite, anglcsitc, ankcritc...zinnwaldite, zircon, zoisite. AMHERST COUNTY: amethyst, anatase, ancylitc, apatite, azurite, bomite,
Journal (issue)
diamond mines, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada ............................................................263 by C. J. Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ................year, $278/two years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Brucker (2022) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Houston Area Mineral Society (HAMS) (2009–2022) Mineral Association...the 2800 level of the mine. The miner called the acicular mineral “red copper hair,” thinking it to be
Book (edition)
CamBacon Second printing 2014 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bacon, Cam, 1955Gem...financial support ofthe Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities...activities. hancock house Published simultaneously in Canada and the Unjted States by HANCOCK HOUSE PUBLISHERS...PUBLISHERS LTD. 19313 Zero Avenue, Surrey, BC Canada V3S 9R9 (604) 538-1114 Fax (604) 538-2262 HANCOCK HOUSE...jade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Hale Creek: ammonite, fossils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard W...Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur Roe Univ. of Arizona, Tucson Abraham Rosenzweig...history: C oeur T he Cliff: Am erica’s First Great Copper M ine LJ d’A lene, Idaho. Illustrated m ining...) □ $18 postpaid (H ) Bisbee: Q ueen o f the Copper Camps U n iq u e and interesting review of 80...Bath, Avon BA1 6EU Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 Books & Back
Book (edition)
Leigh McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa...geographic district names have been replaced with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral...in 1974. Turquoise is widespread throughout the copper-mining areas in Arizona and has been used in jewelry
Book (volume)
mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada, and each year I spend hours looking through reference...GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone...Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned mines⎯Barite (crystallized, massive...massive & nodular), Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones;...Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY BLOUNTSVILLE: c W 1 mi
Book (volume)
mineral samples somewhere in the United States or Canada, and each year I spend hours looking through reference...GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone...Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned mines⎯Barite (crystallized, massive...massive & nodular), Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones;...Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY BLOUNTSVILLE: c W 1 mi
Book (volume)
...........33 Arizona – Maricopa Co. Morristown area Site Map ..........................................................34 Arizona – Mohave Co. Oatman area Site Map .......................................................42 Arizona – Yavapia Co. Ash Fork area Site Map ..................................................42 Arizona – Yavapia Co. Burro Creek area Site Map ........................................43........................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Report (issue)
1909, the writer spent 10 days in the Carrville district, Trinity County, Cal., and, incidental to other...written. In November, 1910, another visit to the district was made, but inclement weather handicapped the...The growing economic importance of this min­ ing district merits notice, and it is hoped that this brief...indebted to Messrs. David Goodale, of the Headlight mine; Matthew Macllwaine, of the Dorleska; W. L. Chapmen...Alien, of Aliens Camp; and many others in the district. Mr. Waldemar Lindgren, chief geologist of the
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...Backcover (above) Stock certificate for the Rowley Copper Mines Company (1914) Dick Morris collection (below)...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...with the Pacific Railroad Survey, collected native copper crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange
Journal (issue)
Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida...Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................following people: Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa:...with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide
 
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