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Sericite from
Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pumpellyite Subgroup1 photo of Sericite associated with Pumpellyite Subgroup at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Sericite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144093
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144093:5
GUID (UUID V4):836ba320-ca7b-44b0-9fbf-4168ab1d0469
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Arsenide Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Mass Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Superior Mine (Old Superior Mine), Superior, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Champion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...Distribution of copper,.*»...................... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft.*...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30
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)
(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 (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY NOVEMBER, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER...previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...Published by permission of E. R. Love11, President, Calumet and Hecla Consol{dated Copper Company. 675 676...Messrs. Broderick andHohljoinedtheregular•taff of Calumet andHecla,andMr. Butlerrejoinedthe U.S. Geological...ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby
Report (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................. 51 The Beginning of the Calumet and Hecla .......................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey...Nonetheless, he was very well known by hobbyists in Michigan and surrounding areas. The National Rockhound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ambient Redox and Hydrothermal Environment of the Wolverine Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Yukon: Insights...College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland Abstract The Wolverine volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit is...levels and in various mineralized zones within the Wolverine deposit area (e.g., Fisher, Puck, and Sable zones)...models that indicate a change from rifting during Wolverine deposit formation, where the basin was partially...rare earth element and Y (REY) systematics in Wolverine shales illustrate that proximal to the mineralized
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...............................19 by O. Johnsen Michigan Native silver occurrences in the copper mines...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith
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 peon­ the choice of cash or a share of the mine, he reflected, “the cash age. Judge G. H. Berry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINE WATER COURSE COMPOSITION OF ORE BEARING AN INDEX TO THE CURRENTS. ALFRED C. L•. A year ago...case of downward circulation. 5. Waters of lodes--mine waters--show the effect of circula- tion in their... C. LANE. 6. Systematictesting of water of the mine and that leached from drill coresof the country...Chamberlin'sGeology and tests by the Wisconsinand Michigan State Geologicaland Biological Surveysx have shownhow...chemicalcharacterof the water found by Emmons in the sumpsof mine shafts.•' All these data, it is to .benoted, refer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fire Lake unit, the Kudz Ze Kayah unit, and the Wolverine succession. Significant accumulations of polymetallic...Kayah, GP4F, and Wolverine) have only been discovered in the Kudz Ze Kayah unit and Wolverine succession to...ensialic back-arc rift-basin environment. The Wolverine succession unconformably overlies the Kudz Ze...Ze Kayah unit. Felsic rocks below the Wolverine deposit have geochemical attributes similar to the Kudz...in the district. All the felsic rocks of the Wolverine succession are interlayered with abundant carbonaceous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 103, pp. 35–60 Genesis of the Wolverine Volcanic Sediment-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit...Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8 Abstract The Wolverine deposit is a high-grade (~6.2 Mt at 12.7% Zn,...the ancestral North American craton hosts the Wolverine deposit. The massive sulfide ore occurs at a single...ambient bottom water in the basin in which the Wolverine deposit formed was likely anoxic. This environment...metal grades, age, and source(s) of sulfur, the Wolverine deposit best exemplifies the volcanic sediment-hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite. Quartz is a dominant gangue mineral. Sericite, quartz, chlorite, and carbonate ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT...Canada, the Iberian Pyrite Belt of Spain, the Wolverine volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Canada... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT The area of the Xitieshan mine was strongly deformed during Middle Paleozoic times...amphibolite TE facies, with mineral assemblage of sericite, actinolite, albite, chlorite, amphibole, and...including silica (quartz), carbonate, chlorite, and sericite alteration. Hydrothermal alteration zones occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochronology of Footwall Porphyritic Rhyolites from the Wolverine Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Yukon, Canada:...an important component of the footwall of the Wolverine volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Yukon...mineralization in the immediate deposit area (Wolverine/Lynx zone) and at similar stratigraphic levels...activity. The presence of mantle heat within the Wolverine basin from ~352 to ~347 to 346 Ma, a minimum of...heat flow was critical to the genesis of the Wolverine porphyries. It is also suggested that this sustained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
selenium contents (e.g., 1,100 ppm avg Se at Wolverine, 200 ppm avg Se at Kudz Ze Kayah, and 7 ppm avg...However, estimates for the Kudz Ze Kayah and Wolverine deposits suggest an additional large Se reservoir...selenium reservoirs for the Kudz Ze Kayah and Wolverine deposits, respectively. Introduction larly,...potential economic significance (Kudz Ze Kayah, Wolverine, and GP4F) were discovered in the Finlayson Lake...Lake district of the Yukon, Canada. The Wolverine and Kudz Ze Kayah deposits have high selenium contents
Report (issue)
VOLCANICS (MIDDLE KEWEENAWAN) ON ISLE ROYALE, MICHIGAN Prepared in cooperation with the National Park...Isle Royale, Michigan By N. KING HUBER GEOLOGY OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...middle and upper Keweenawan rocks of northern Michigan and adjacent parts of Wisconsin--------------...Isle Royale in the vicinity of Lake Desor and Houghton Ridge ·-·--------·····--···-····-···-·--·-----------···--23...NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN THE PORTAGE LAKE VOLCANICS (MIDDLE KEWEENAWAN) ON ISLE ROYALE, MICHIGAN By N. KING
Report (issue)
No. men employed: 20. Ores: Copper. AMERICAN BOY MINE. Patagonia, Arizona. Owners: Jens Petersen, J. B...DEVELOPMENT CO. Warren, Arizona. Taken over by the Calumet & Arizona Mining Co., Warren. APEX GROUP. Christmas...Mgr., S. S. Jones; Asst. Gen. Mgr., J. M. Francis; Mine Supt., Lowell Gordon; Auditor, J. S. Withers. 24...Carmichael; Cashier and Purchasing Agt., J. G. Cooper; Mine Supt., P. B. Scotland; Concentrator Supt., Arthur...chalcocite. 3000 tons daily. 1600 men. ARIZONA & MICHIGAN DEVELOPMENT CO. Johnson, Arizona. Officers: E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e a r s o r g e conglornero t e .... @ Quincy mine @ Allouez no. 3 shaft Other detailed sections...GEOI.OGIC M A P O F SOME PEGMATITIC LAVA FLOWS, MICHIGAN C O P P E R D I S T R I C T Downloaded from https://pubs...SERIES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN By HENRY R. CORNWALL ABSTRACT Five lava flows...flows in the Keweenawan series of the Michigan copper district have been studied and chemical analyses made...Amherst user 160 H. R. CORNWALL—KEWEENAWAN LAVAS, MICHIGAN ILLUSTRATIONS Figuie Page 1. Section across the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include the ~347 Ma shale- and volcanic-rich Wolverine deposit (Yukon-Tanana terrane, Yukon, Canada;... 2010; Piercey et al., 2014; Fig. 1). In the Wolverine deposit, parts of the deposit contain massive...coherent rhyolite flows; they also contain chlorite-sericite-quartz-altered fragments within the sulfides common...within the sulfide (Wolverine deposit). B. Drill core with sulfides in between sericite-chlorite-altered...for additional crystal growth (Fig. 2a-d). In Wolverine and Duck Pond, there is partial bud-by-bud replacement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the HBGB, pervasive ankerite-ferroan dolomite-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage is commonly associated...containing up to 60 ppb gold (e.g., the 2.686 Ga Wolverine intrusive porphyry; TMAC Resources Core Log Reports...main felsic intrusive 6 stock centered under Wolverine Lake, south-west of Patch Lake (Clow et al., 2013...rocks. In general, the veins have selvages of sericite-carbonate (ankerite, ferroan dolomite) and, where...assemblage of quartz-carbonatechlorite-albite-sericite-rutile-pyrite. At least two distinct gold mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
earth oxides (TREO) (Northern Minerals 2018). Wolverine is the largest known single deposit, with a total...with other REE deposits from across the globe, Wolverine is of relatively low tonnage and low grade (Fig...sought-after HREE (HREE = 89% by mass of TREO at Wolverine; see Table 1). The recognition and characterization...Craton Miner Deposita a WA NT 15 km b c Wolverine Wiso Basin (Cambrian-Ordovician) Fig. 4 Birrindudu...Lake Bear Lodge 1 Maoniuping Sandkopsdrif Wolverine Lovozero Strange Lake 4 10 RE T( ) O3 2
Report (issue)
Mountain, Huron Creek, Wolverine Mountain, East Wolverine, and West Wolverine plutons; petrographic data...Sawtooth Mountain, Huron Creek, Wolverine, East Wolverine, and West Wolverine) are in the Livengood B-6 1:63...84AWM87 87ARJ37 87ARJ43 88AWr51 88AWr51 Wolverine Mountain Elephant Mountain Huron Creek stock Huron...with labradorite cores; it is locally altered to sericite and less commonly to epidote and calcite. Both...is minor to moderate; alteration products are sericite and, locally, epidote and calcite, in plagioclase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lead Isotope Geochemistry of Shales from the Wolverine Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Yukon: Implications...element data are reported for shales from the Wolverine deposit and surrounding prospects (e.g., Puck...critical for the genesis of mineralization at Wolverine. This study illustrates the utility of quadrupole...and provide Pb isotope data for shales from the Wolverine VMS deposit. The shale samples are from various...Pb isotopes as an exploration tool in both the Wolverine basin and in other shale-associated VMS deposits
 
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