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Chalcocite from
La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:468280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:468280:6
GUID (UUID V4):c5d6b0e7-dd1c-4398-8e9f-95e8cdedb407
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘLaurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘOsceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘCalumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘSt. Louis Mine Exploration, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘCentennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘWolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘArcadian No. 2 shaft, Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘAllouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘKingston Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘPortage Mine (Grand Portage Mine), Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Study Solving the Misidentification of CM21474: Michigan vs. Namibia MARC WILSON DEBRA L. WILSON Section...Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in...cm in length. Originally labeled as “Houghton County, Michigan,” it is now believed to have originated...in April 1980, it was labeled “Copper, Houghton County, Michigan.” Marc Wilson joined the CMNH staff in...quickly recognized the locality attribution of Michigan as being questionable. The specimen was taken
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...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...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A
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 .
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)
AMYGDULE MINERAL SERIES, RICHARD E. ZONING IN MICHIGAN STOIBER THE COPPER AND EDWARD PORTAGE DISTRICT...of the Michigan copper district ......................... Mineralogyof amygdaloidalrock on mine dumps...Portage Lake lava seriesof the KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan, three overlappingamygdulemineral zones--prehnite...was obtained extendsfrom Victoria,Ontonagon County,Michigan,northeast to the end of theKeweenaw Peninsula...ed. R‱SUMI‱. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT GeneralGeology The mineralsand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Since retiring...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]
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
.......... Hacks Mine................................................ Ridenour Mine................................................ Riverview Mine............................................ Chapel prospect...data , Hacks Mine.............................. 47 47 Geochemical data, Ridenour Mine.............................. Geochemical data, Riverview Mine.......................... Geochemical data, Chapel prospect...Mohave County, Arizona........................................ Generalized cross-section, Hacks Mine, Mohave
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....to the mid-1970s were documented with the exact mine or in many cases even the correct subdistrict. In...sprays of millerite associated with calcite. The coal mine dumps and waste piles scattered throughout much...Fluorite and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right)
Book
(EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER AND POLAR...District 10 Gateway District (Eastern Gateway area) 11. La Sal Creek Area 12. Paradox District 13. Beaver and...Roc Creek, in the Paradox district of Montrose County, Colorado. Within the Paradox Basin, there are...mining. When the high-grade ores at Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire (formerly Belgium Congo) were brought into...mining area. Stradling the Utah-Colorado line is the La Sal Creek mining area, a part of the Paradox district
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ï‚Ÿpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (volume)
Boletfn de Minas, nos. 2, 8. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Geological Survey: Supplementary Report, Harlan County. Frankfort, Ky. Lake Superior Mining Institute:...GeoWgico de: Anales, nos. 1, 2, 4. Mexico City, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Report, Sixteenth, Seventeenth...Seventeenth, and Eighteenth. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Geological and Biological Survey: Publication 21. Lansing...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Braxton-Clay. Morgantown, W. 'Va. Wyoming
Report (volume)
Boletin de Miuas, nos. 5, 6. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Mexico City, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Report, 20th, 21st. Lansing, Mien. Michigan Geological and...Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Fayette County, Wehster County. Morganton, W. Va. Wisconsin...1920]. (with Wiuton, W. M.). The geology of Tarrant County: Texas, Univ., Bull. no. 1931, 123 pp., 6 pis....May, 1920. Alien, R. C. 24. Mineral resources of Michigan with statistical tables of production and value
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Catalog/List
MINÉRALOGIE 1783 1979 La collection de MinĂ©ralogie de /'E.N.S.M.P. occupe la majeure partie du premier...religieux le vendirent Ă  la duchesse de VendĂŽme qui le fit agrandir sous la direction de Le Blond, et...laissa son nom. Ce premier Ă©tage est rĂ©putĂ© pour la beautĂ© de ses piĂšces en enfilade sur prĂšs de 80...HISTOIRE DE LA COLLECTION Par un arrĂȘtĂ© du ComitĂ© de Salut Public datĂ© du 24 messidor de l'an Il de la RĂ©publique...productions du globe et toutes les productions de la RĂ©publique, rangĂ©es suivant l'ordre des localitĂ©s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 4. A 1953 postcard showing underground salt mine at the now-flooded Jefferson Island salt dome, Iberia...Rooms and pillars of Avery Island salt dome and mine, Iberia Parish. Figure 5. Postcard showing old...Tom Rosemeyer collection) showing underground salt mine, Avery Island, Iberia Parish. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS...salt mine active since 1898, tourist gardens and pepper farm on the surface; from the salt mine: anhydrite...com.). Jefferson Island ( = Lake Peigneur Sulphur mine, Cote Caroline), 9 miles WSW of New Iberia, a shallow
Report (volume)
21; Geological Bulletin nos. 1, 2. New Orleans, La. Maine, State Geologist; second Annual Report. Augusta...F. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters: Papers, vols. 13-18. Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan, University...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Randolph County. Morgantown, W.Va. Wisconsin Academy... 1930. 10. (and Arick, M. B.). Geology of Bell County, Texas: Texas, Univ., Bull., no. 3016, 92 pp.,...crystallization of tourmaline in Devomc sediments in Michigan, U.S.A. (abstract): Pan-Am. Geologist, vol. 58
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and was titled “Minerals of the Vanadinite Mine, Mohave County, Arizona.” 400 ROCKS 81 MINERALS rized...the Granby Mining and Smelting Company. In Jasper County, a large lead deposit was discovered by J. B. Sargent...subdistrict, 14 miles east of Wentworth in Lawrence County, started production in 1886. Zinc minerals from...concentrates for plants in Carondelet, Missouri; La Salle, Illinois (Mathiessen and Hegler); and Pennsylvania...2014 <>A 13 Z JASPER COUNTY .-._.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-, 9 @ NEWTON COUNTY __" xi ..:.....*r.>
Report (volume)
Bulletin nos. 26, 27; Museum Paper no. 7; County Report no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...Boletin de Minas, no. 7. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 9, no....Mexico City, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Papers, vols. 1-3. New York. Michigan Geological and Biological...Biological Survey: Publications 33-35. Lansing, Mich. Michigan, University of, Museum of Geology: Contributions...111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Tucker County, Mineral and Grant Counties. Morgantown
Journal (issue)
2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...Louisiana Geological Survey: Bulletin no. 7. Baton Rouge, La. Mexico, Institute Geologico: Parergones, t. 2, nos...26. Mexico, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Tenth Report. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Miner, vol. 10. Saginaw...Saginaw, Mich. Michigan State Board of Geological Survey: Report for 1907. Lansing, Mich. Mineral Collector...Santillan, Rafael. 4. Bibliografia geoldgico y minera de la Republica Mexicana completada hasta el ailo de 1904
 
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