 | | 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) | | 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 (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 Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University........................... 215 by S. G. Bywater Copper Country microminerals............................Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw County...County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University...Houghton. He now spends a good part of the year in the Copper Country researching and writing articles about...articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Downloaded by [Lakehead University] at...March 2015 L ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits |  | | 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...to red porcelanous datolite along with na tive copper and, more rarely, native silver could be found...crystallized copper, adularia, and epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the re covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an abundance |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group of copper crystals...crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is 12.4 × 6.2 cm and...minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the...Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior native copper district...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G ...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1958 I was taken into the upper levels of the South mine from the bot tom of the old open cut, and saw the...post-mine pro duct and, therefore, not eligible to be called a mineral, though some post-mine efflorescences...mineralization, is from the Mercedes and Herminia mine group. MOROCCO Henritermierite Mr. Gilbert Gauthier...to deep pools and concentrated the gold there." Michigan Julgoldite Mr. Dan Behnke of Northbrook, Illinois...associated with copper crystals. The specimen is from the Clark mine, Copper Harbor, Ke weenaw County. Mr. Behnke |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...were precipitated in the formation were a little copper and uranium. So, where did the silver originate...Kemple likely recognized the little blue and green copper staining in the area and had several samples assayed...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...copy plus shipping. Figure 5: Native copper crystals from Michigan, size 7 cm. In the late 1800’s, two |  | | 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; |  | | 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; |  | | Report (volume) | | :............................................. Michigan.................................................especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen, Chip Clark photo. March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri....May/June: Elbaite on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen...photo. July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff...photo. NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Mineralogical Symposium Adamite, Colorado, 357 Adularia, Chamonix, France, 36 Air Tool Preparation of |  | | Journal (issue) | | 132 A MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE M ICH IGAN COPPER COUNTRY. By Kiril Spi roff . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with native copper. Quite...often prehnite may inc!ude strings or grains of the copper and even silver. Prehnite also occurs in crystalline...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...southwestern portion of the state, primarily in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Downloaded by [Korea University]...galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining in this district ceased...exposed in Michigan’s famous Keweenaw Peninsula. Many of the minerals (copper, prehnite, laurnontite, and |  | | Report (volume) | | especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Journal (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan................................... |  | | 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...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...4, no. 1; Boletin, no. 29. Mexico, D. F. . - ' Michigan Geological and Biological Survey: Publications...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...Alien, R. C. The iron mining industry of Michigan; Michigan gold! others no. 13. '**-,, * * See Aiten |  | | Report (issue) | | standards and nomenclature. • CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob...352 367 GRANT Chinaman Bar placer 302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 GRAYS HARBOR Burnt Peak...Castle Creek Central Chicago Chloride Queen Copper Glance Copper World Extension Crounse placer Crystal Butte...BigSrnoke Black Rocle Blue Bar placer Bonanza Bonanza Copper Brooks Bullion Bunus Calhoun Chewelah Standard...Queen Clara aeveland Columbia River Copper Butte Copper King Copper King Coyote Daisy Deep Creek Deer Trail |
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