 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow...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) | | MICHIGAN and the LAPIDARY R U S S E L L P. MACFALL P.O. Box 309 Coronado, California 92118 Figure...in the sedimentary heartland of our continent, Michigan has perhaps more to offer the paleontologist than...stone—is primarily a trophy of the former. But Michigan is a big state, and its northern edge in cludes...Hexagonaria percarinata, is the official state stone of Michigan. It is a colonial fossil found in Devonian period...situation and lapidary usefulness, also occur in Michigan. The Petoskey stone's major rival for attention |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...in some part or all of the six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bridge. In all the mitted. Inquiries to clubs in Michigan rugged beauty that makes up Michigan's were not...northernmost tip of Michi- iron ore shipping port of Marquette. gan that has drawn men back through They named...mountains of northern "Where?", and she said, "Michigan," Pennsylvania, stopping off to see the deep and...from a mineralogical and collecting standpoint, Michigan belonged on the map. W e next turned the nose...the Straits of Mackinac. In Charlevoix on Lake Michigan I saw a half of a large pebble that was exquisite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...and mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective...photographer or open-air vacationer. Hundreds of mine dumps, miles of agate beaches, increasing numbers...the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau at Marquette, Michigan, for scenic and historical attractions, we...476 through New York State stopping at Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N. Y. for hematite, botrvoidal siderite |  | | 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 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Eye Candy Clockwise from top left: Silver, ZCA #3 mine, Balmat, NY; Fluor-dravite, road cut near Gouvemeur...Gouvemeur, NY; Quartz (Japan-Law twin), Ellenville Lead mine, Ellenville, NY; Quartz, Bower Powers farm, Pierrepont...John Jaszczak is a full professor of physics at Michigan Technological University and adjunct curator of...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena...5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...accessory minerals including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral Club, and more are planned. Collecting...the Copper Country: one on datolite found this past winter at the Mesnard mine, another on barite crystals...in Ontonagon County, and a third on pseudo-octahedral calcite found at the Minesota mine. If you are headed...(open), Germany ca. 1850. Karlsbad, Bohemia (Czech Republic), intarsia work utilizing local aragonite; about... objects, copper memorabilia from Montana and Michigan, and objects related to the Klondike gold rush |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | attributed to the Owl Creek fissure of the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix...3rd level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the...calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp, limpid 4...recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. On the mine surface, beautiful microcrystals of analcime and...Petherick mine workings along the Copper Falls fissure. 320 ROCKS & MINERALS Clark Mine The Clark mine, about |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate...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 Michigan’s 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) | | of the many quartz slabs we found. From Tellar County, Colorado." — on label. 30 PLEASE SEND THEM I...Drive, Hyattsville, Md. GEORGIA — The Chandler iron mine is located about 8 miles west-southwest of Hawkinsville...in red, yellow, or ocherous clay. In the Chandler mine was found a large geode weighing 140 pounds and...photos and a folded map in color — the Chandler Mine in featured. The Georgia Mineral Newsletter is published...identify it for me. I wonder if they could be small datolite crystals." — specimen sent in by Ernest H. Fisk |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for the construction... resulting in the slow disappearance of smaller mine dumps. The end of copper mining in the Portage Lake...of the Copper Range Company’s Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University] |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Abstracts of Contributed Papers The Mineralogy of Michigan by George W. Robinson 6 1 7 The Mineral Treasures...Banquet Dinner - Poolside 8:00-9:15 MINERALS OF MICHIGAN - Dr. George W. Robinson Dr. George Robinson is...is the Gabriel Professor of Mineralogy at Michigan Tech University, where he has curatorial responsibility...of Heinrich's classic book on the minerals of Michigan and that is his topic this evening. We most warmly...on carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo byR. L. Mown 2:00 U n u s u a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PrOlitleEt - K EWEENAW I - COUNTY, -~ __ -- ---K--- MICHIGAN Tom Rosemcyer n 1990 dodecahedra1...the Keweenaw Peninsula Peninsula. in northern Michigan. The vein History outcrop, known locally as Point...owner of Keweenaw Gem & Gift, Inc., in Houghton, Michigan. When Flood inquired as to the source of the material...Harbor, L Keweenaw LmESu?~OB OO?PMb DISTRIOT County Copper Harbor Eagle River 20 miles 20 kilometers...Series r-I I I I I 1 -- Baraga County I, Marquette County Figure 3. A generalized map of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior native...native copper district, also known as the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated, isolated...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 (issue) | | Fri & Sun, Contact Ernest Johnson, 1962 W Fair, Marquette, MI 49855, (906) 228-9422, ejohnson@nmu.edu Aug...2-7 Copper Country Mineral Retreat Houghton, Michigan mahogany, peacock, or apache tear. Nov. Picture...Gemwheel & Mineral Society, Wisconsin Barron motor County (electric Campus, cord1800 needs College replacing;...Mineral Retreat August 2 to 7, 2009 Houghton, Michigan Michigan’s Historic Lake Superior Native Copper...copper and datolite underground collecting for native copper special day long event on datolite collecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” 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 (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona.................................................I l l by G. Novak & W. W. Besse The Michigan gold belt ......................................reports whicl sometimes contain photos, maps and mine diagrams. This i: valuable information to have preserved |  | | 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 | | copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle Eoyal and elsewhere Marquette iron district...developments 45 ., 45 Clinton iron ores of Dodge County, Wis 45 Paleozoic iron ores in western Wisconsin...geologic 70 knowledge 72 Bibliography 73 Michigan Northern Wisconsin Minnesota 77 Ontario 81...Michipicoten district Region north of Sault Ste. Marie Marquette 95 96 district Menominee 96 96 97 district...Michipicoten Island Keweenaw Point and northern Michigan and Wisconsin Keweenawan mesas Huronian monoclinal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Upper Michigan. A calcium borosilicate that in Michigan forms round or oval nodular masses datolite DAT-oh-lite...Houghton. Contact: Norm Gruber, 1850 Clark St., Marquette 49855; (906) 228-6764; show@ccrmc.info August...pm; Sun 10 am - 4 pm. Youth Expo Building, Barron County Fairgrounds, Hwy 48 North, Rice Lake. Contact Roy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...the serpentine pseudomorphs from the Tilly Foster Mine, Putnam Co., N. Y., appear to have formed through...Anglesite after Cerussite: III, B 2 b Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, 16364-6-7-9, 16371-2 'Traube,...Silesia, 8678 Cervantite after Antimony: I, C 2 Kern County, California, 17240, 18383 (stibioconite ?) Cervantite...4151-2-3-5-6, 4179; Guanajuato, Mexico,2 3746; East Pool Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, 3636; Schneeberg, Saxony, 35612-3; |
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