 | | 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) | | 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...the world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals...as are malachite, copper, tenorite, atacamite, azurite, allophane, calcite, and pyrrhotite pseudomorphs...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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | L etters Downloaded by [Australian National University] at 19:08 10 January 2015 CRYSTAL PARK, MONTANA...“Quartz Scepters from Crystal Park, Beaverhead County, Montana” in the September/October 2012 issue (pages...with interest the article about the California Blue mine by Michael Hunerlach in the November/December 2012...Collectors & Museums Nov/Dec 2012 Vol. 87, No. 6 Azurite from Australia Rose Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil...“The Tyrannosaurus Rex Silver” Near Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan Established 1962 P.O. Box 43603 |  | | 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 | | 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 (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) | | 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...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |  | | 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 (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s 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 1800’s, 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 |  | | 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...21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | paratacamite, gypsum, brochantite, malachite, azurite, epsomite, nickeloan magnesite, glaukosphaerite...takovite, georgeite, carrboydite (Carr Boyd Rocks mine, Australia). Distribution: Initially characterized...Egyptian artifacts. From the Carr Boyd Rocks nickel mine, Yerilla district, 80 km north-northeast of Kalgoorlie...Glückrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the USA, from the Deremo-Snyder mine, San...Co., Colorado, and at the White Pine mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan. Name: From the Greek chalcos, for copper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | existence. Mrs. Marguerite R. Collyer of the Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society remains as Chairman...quartz xls from Herkimer Co., N. Y., John Steel Mine, Ontario, Canada and Hot Springs, Arkansas, by Don...Hampshire, site of convention field trip, and azurite from Bisbee by Mrs. Whitehead of New Hampshire...Rock Shop of N . C , The Martins of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fort Shufford Mineral Shop (The Medds) of Arden...ROCKS AND MINERALS 90 miles from Boston, to a beryl mine, which had been freshly bull-dozed awaiting the |  | | 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 |  | | 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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | 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 (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...regions. Common accessory minerals are malachite, azurite, cuprite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite, atacamite...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (edition) | | feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...central Indiana, near Cincinnati, and Dowagiac, Michigan. Few have been reported years, in recent perhaps...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell...Ferry, Hall Co. Horshaw mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...copper-containing minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently...Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement... Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall...Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; Ken Donn photo. Chalcedony on chrysocolla |  | | Journal (issue) | | secondary minerals like wulfenite, vanadinite and azurite. Mineralogically, Colorado is basically a hardrock...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...earlier collections); also not tobe missed are the National Mining Hall of 4 Farne Museum in Leadville,...By 1864 his expertise had brought him to Gilpin County, Colorado, where his reputation as a consultant...~ ) I~,. ~~ _ "f'• 0istrict, , ~ ,;:: V County , Colorado . l'fJ 1/ {r-zr--D '/;"~ of 2000 |
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