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Saponite from
Medora Mine, Mandan, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clinochlore1 photo of Saponite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Medora Mine, Mandan, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:97106
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97106:3
GUID (UUID V4):f2c9d4be-84f0-41d9-b410-14a0bd81dc67
Nearest other occurrences of Saponite
13.9km (8.7 miles) Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) Iroquois Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
35.0km (21.7 miles) Wolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) South Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) No. 2 shaft, Centennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) St. Louis Mine Exploration, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Osceola Amygdaloid, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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...March 2015 L ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits...Figure 2. Tom Rosemeyer about to descend into the mine through the small surface opening that led to the... At this early date, bears were still using the mine for winter hibernation. Dan Behnke photo (10 October
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 .
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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 (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ......................................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
Report (volume)
Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Pamph.-Idaho Bureau of Mine~j~· and Geology Pamphlet. Moscow, Idaho. Ill. State...Albuquerque, N. Mex. · Mich. Acad. Sci. Papers-Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Papers...Arbor;,Mich. Mich. Geol. Survey Progress Rept.-Michigan Geological Survey Progress Reports. Lansing, Mich...Mich. . · Mich. Univ. Mus. Paleontology Contr.-Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions... '' Abraham, Earl Michael. Geology of Sothman township: Ontario Dept.. Mines A~ ,R~p~ 1953, v. 62, pt
Report (volume)
Ky. Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County_Mus. Nat.... History Quart.- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly. Los Angeles, Calif. Louisiana...XXIV SERIAL LIST Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts and Letters Papers - Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
Report (volume)
described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B.
Report (volume)
Chicago. _ . Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Sci. Ser., Paleontology-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly; Science...Boletin. Mexico, D. F~ Mich. Acad. Sci. Papers-Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Papers....Arbor, Mich. Mich. Univ. Mus. Paleontology Contr.-Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 982-D, p. iii...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, J efferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 320, 16 p.
Report (volume)
ore deposition: Butler, B. S. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F. Pennsylvania... Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Mexicana. Mexico, D.F. Mich. Acad. Sci. Papers-Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Papers...Arbor, Mich. Mich. Geol. Survey Progress Rept.-Michigan Geological Survey Progress Reports. Lansing, Mich...Mich. Mich. Univ. Mus. Paleontology Contr.-Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions.
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...pis. Vi-xix. The Penokee iron-bearing series of Michigan and Wisconsin, by Koland Duer Irving and Charles...report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan, by Charles Richard Van Hise and William Shirley...and hydrography Continued. The mines of Ouster County, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, pp. 405-472...The age of the Franklin white limestone of Sussex County, New Jersey, by John Eliot Wolff and Alfred Hulse
Report (volume)
cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Topog.------- Topographic, etc. Tp.__-.-__-._ Township BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1946...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...D. F. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Papers vol. 30. Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan Geological...Reports 12, 13; Publications 42-44. Lansing, Mich. .Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores County; and at the Double...Double Header lode , Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Michael P. Cooper Mark Rogers Marshall Sussman Michigan Technological University Marcelle Weber PHOTO
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere... Cooper MR Mark Rogers MS Marshall Sussman MT Michigan Technological University MW = Marcelle Weber ...in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated
Report (volume)
are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special...Ibis. London. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Bull.; County Rept; Inf. Circ.; Mineral Res. 16 SERIALS Kept;
Report (issue)
metallization in the Central mining district, Grant County, New Mexico, by W. R. Jones, R. M. Hernon, and...sediments of the Humboldt River Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, by Philip Cohen________ 165. Variable...172. End moraines on Kittatinny Mountain, Sussex County, New Jersey, by James P. Minard____________________...the eastern part of the Marquette iron range, Michigan, by J. E. Gair, R. E. Thaden, and B. F. Jones...the eastern part of the Marquette iron range, Michigan, by J. E. Gair, R. E. Thaden, and B. F. Jones
 
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