 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | 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 . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals originated...brochantite, atacamite, delafossite, and malachite are reported, as are malachite, copper, tenorite, atacamite,...and native copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut;...Mountain copper mines, Lehigh County, and at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; at Ducktown, Tennessee; |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 932 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Bisbee, Arizona, USA. 2.490 (vs), 1.575 (s), 1.251 (s), 2.050 (m), 1.449...(2) 84.12 15.88 100.00 2+ (1) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; by electrolytic determination of total Cu. (2) Cu1+...connellite, malachite, goethite (Bisbee, Arizona, USA); cuprite, tenorite, chrysocolla, malachite, plancheite...atacamite (Algomah mine, Michigan, USA). Distribution: From the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co...Co., Arizona, and at the Algomah mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Name: From the Greek for near and |  | | 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 (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...the Bicentennial celebration: "to forge a new national commitment, a new spirit for '76, a spirit which...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (October 2017). 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Twenty-sixth in a...located in Keweenaw County, Michigan, was made by Doug Miller of Calumet, Michigan. Miller, a thirty-year...area about a half-mile northwest of the North Cliff mine. He had checked part of this area earlier in the...secTom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...first beep on Figure 4. Map showing Eagle River, Michigan, and the location of the silver vein in the copper-bearing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of Donald C. Gabriel....exploration 2. Cliff mine 3. Phoenix group of mines 4. Central mine 5. Northwestern mine 6. Central exploration...Resolute mine 9. Hard Rock fissure 10. Iron City (Empire) mine 11. Cape mine 12. Copper Falls mine 13. Clark...Clark mine 14. Point prospect 15. Mendota mine 16. Gull Rock fissure and Laker pocket Figure 3. A 1900 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2023 The Mineral Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 National Bureau of Standards Mineral Samples Tony Nikischer...on jarosite samples requested by researchers at National Laboratories, government agencies and post-docs...cardboard sleeves (10.5 cm) provided by the (then) National Bureau of Standards. While Dolomite is self explanatory...—————————— Mineral News —————————————————Page Page 2 National Bureau of Standards Some Interesting NIST-prepared...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | attributed to the Owl Creek fissure of the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix...3rd level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the...calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp, limpid 4...recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. On the mine surface, beautiful microcrystals of analcime and...Petherick mine workings along the Copper Falls fissure. 320 ROCKS & MINERALS Clark Mine The Clark mine, about |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 2014 PAUL W. POHWAT Division of Mineralogy National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution...pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...(minerals) in the Division of Mineralogy at the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...Figure 2. Enargite trilling from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Twin is 5 mm across and is on the specimen |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...September/October: Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was...came with the closing of the White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, in September 1995. New, stringent environmental...meet emission standards led to its demise. The Michigan Copper Country contains the largest-known native |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | istory and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine Ontonagon County, Michigan Ninth in a series of articles on the...No. 2 (Indiana Copper Company) mine dump in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The individual crystals, which...State Highways 26 and 38 (Lake Mine Junction) in northern Ontonagon County. The property consists of 1,280...2-square-mile property is owned by the state of Michigan and is traversed by Highway 26 on the northwest...Mineralization Volcanic rocks that crop out in the mine area are part of the Portage Lake Volcanics (PLV) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw...Keweenaw County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological...ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits that occur...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Colorado, 307 Actinolite/tremolite, Michigan, 344 Adularia, Michigan 341 “Alaskaite,” Colorado, 307 Albite...Amblygonite-montebrasite,California, 160 Analcime, Michigan, 339 The Andes Come to Arizona, R. W. Jones, 59 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...in arid regions. Common accessory minerals are malachite, azurite, cuprite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's...west of the Mackenzie River Delta. The Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island was another prolific locality pioneered |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .............................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.................................................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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pages Downloaded by [National Sun Yat-Sen University] at 09:08 05 January 2015 1-80 8 1- 144 145-208...JanuaryFebruary: Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. March/April: Gold, Mystery wind mine, California. Pacific Mineral Museum specimen, Mark...calcite, Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff Scovil...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena...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 |
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