 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...5.5 Ć 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Authorās specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...former naval officer who became an employee of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company (Monette 1975). It was...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...from the district, was only out-produced by the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which accounted for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...chunks of the dense basalt matrix at the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump. These small and inexpensive detectors...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put |  | | Journal (issue) | | copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 . |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utahās Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...shipping. Figure 5: Native copper crystals from Michigan, size 7 cm. In the late 1800ās, two prominent...exceptional Kongsberg silver and Langban native lead, Michigan native copper, Freiberg argentopyrite, Leadhills...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners |  | | 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) | | Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...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...native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. He now spends |  | Bornhorst, Theodore J., Paces, James B., Grant, Norman K., Obradovich, John D., Huber, N. King (1988) Age of native copper mineralization, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Economic Geology, 83 (3) 619-625 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.3.619 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Native Copper Mineralization,KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan THEODOREJ. BORNHORST,JAMESB. PACES, Departmentof...GeologicalEngineering,MichiganTechnological University,Houghton,Michigan49931 NORMAN K. GRANT, Departmentof Geology...the Keweenaw Peninsula THE Keweenaw Peninsulaof Michigan is the location of a dormant native copper mining...ā¢OSC'Ed[^ Freda Ss Nonesuch Copper Sh Harbor Cngl MINE Portage Lake Volcanics Ć Kearsarge Amygdaloid...northernMichigan,showingthe location of the Wolverine mine and the stratigraphicpositionof the Kearsargeflow |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uring the 2000 and 2001 collecting seasons in the Michigan Copper Country about sixty superb banded amygdaloidal...of native copper were recovered from the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump by John Perona, a prominent Copper...field collector. The abandoned Wolverine mine, located in Houghton County, consisted of four inclined shafts...the Kearsarge amygdaloid lode. The original Wolverine mine was opened in 1882 by local investors but went...broke a few years later when operating cap- microcline, and pumpellyite. Only about 25 percent of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On MIneRALs...several former mines on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, has revealed the presence of several minerals...occurrence of anilite (Cu7S4) near Painesdale, Michigan (Heinrich and Robinson 2004), carbonate matrix...chalcocite-bearing vein material from the Baltic mine exposing the sulfides. Several samples carried small...these phases. Additional samples from the Baltic mine dump revealed crude wires of native silver associated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure...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 (issue) | | Collectorās Newsletter $6.00 2022 Summer Finds in the Michigan Copper Country Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter...years ago. This is due to the yearly crushing of mine dumps for logging road construction, road repairs...industrial projects. Posting of privately owned mine sites also had increased due to liability concerns...field trip is held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ļ the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmļ¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineļ¾rock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Ā½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatļ¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ¾agate; ļ N |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next...the Atlanta, a claim adjoining the Copper Queen mine. This claim This agreement was never honored by...in charge of exploration on the the Copper Queen mine in a foot race with a horse and rider over a Atlanta...into peonĀ the choice of cash or a share of the mine, he reflected, āthe cash age. Judge G. H. Berry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Francis Benjamin specimen...Scovil photo. March/April: Galaxy opal, Opalville mine, lease 135, Jundah, Queensland, Australia. Owner...July/August: Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult it is...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ...ollection County, Colorado; measures 8 nn ae from the \ slight Ā¢ Ā« nax 1g Mine : The Kevin...silver was found in the late 1970s at the Dukat Mine measures which is mainly known by 6 cm Ex: Helmut... initely a unique opportunity. From the Dukat Mine, Dukat Gold-Silver Ore Field, Magadan Oblastā, East |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Matanuska Valley is best shown in the vicinity of the Wolverine Lakes, where it stands about 200 feet above the...tributaries of the Matanuska are Carpenter and Wolverine Creeks; those of the Knik are Metal, Friday, and...sediments crop out in a band in the terrace east of Wolverine Creek and in the neighborhood of Kings Mountain...Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks between Carpenter and Wolverine Creeks. Glacial gravel is prominent on the high...commonest mineral. It is usually albite, but microcline and orthoclase appear locally in minor amounts |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleās Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized āLeafā Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A āclassicā Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A āgemā quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystallization of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence county, northeastern Wisconsin: inclusion microthermometry...Department, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA e-mail: sirbe1mc@cmich...sirbe1mc@cmich.edu Present Address: E. E. Hartwick Wolverine Gas and Oil Corporation, 1 Riverfront Plaza, 55...Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA Disequilibrium crystallization Florence county pegmatite field Wisconsin... WI GN MS WIS CON S IN Florence Florence County Pegmatite Field BG GT MR QF BL GN MS Iron |  | | 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 |
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