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Chalcopyrite from
Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49007
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49007:2
GUID (UUID V4):4f12986f-8e07-442b-8eed-fd7879fec780
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
4.5km (2.8 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) No. 21 shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
31.1km (19.3 miles) Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) Albion Mine (Manhattan Mine), Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
44.8km (27.9 miles) BIC deposit (Bovine Igneous Complex), Baraga County, Michigan, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) Gratiot Lake Project Prospect, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055), Huron River, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) Mendota Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) Mount Bohemia Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (article/letter/editorial)
New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On MIneRALs...several former mines on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, has revealed the presence of several minerals...occurrence of anilite (Cu7S4) near Painesdale, Michigan (Heinrich and Robinson 2004), carbonate matrix...of chalcocite-bearing vein material from the Baltic mine exposing the sulfides. Several samples carried...characterize these phases. Additional samples from the Baltic mine dump revealed crude wires of native silver associated
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)
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)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 USA Accepted 7 August 2003 Abstract Multi-collector...values, relative to NBS976, range over 9x . Chalcopyrite samples from mafic intrusions lie within a narrow...This range lies within the broader black smoker chalcopyrite and iron meteorite ranges, and possibly represents...values for hydrothermal native copper from the Michigan native copper district also show a narrow range...than 2x lower than native copper. Ratios for chalcopyrite and bornite from moderate to high-temperature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...cuprite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chalcanthite, antlerite, and even hornblende...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...include the New Cornelia pit, Pima County, and the Ray mine in Pinal County. Masses and sheets of crystalline...size, have been found in the Chino mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico. Fine specimens were also
Journal (issue)
Geology of the Pioche Mining District Lincoln ·County, Nevada Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com Following...lookingsouthas it is today.Author'sphoto,2018. Underground Mine Signals & Signs - Part I Tony Nikischer Excalibur...Bob Werner's restoration ofa mine hoist indicator from the Poorman Mine in Pioche, Nevada. The hoist...for human transport among different levels of the mine? Most early shaft communications consisted of bells...the cage or at various underground levels in the mine and the hoist operator above. For small mines a
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
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Gold, such as Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE...MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl...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:
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY Figure 1: Shaft house of the Ahmeek mine, Keweenaw County. 1962 photo by Terry...been and probably never will be anything like the Michigan Copper Country. For the mineral-minded, it is...native metal. For the collector, its scores of old mine dumps never cease to provide rewards of specimens;...and to Douglass Houghton, who made the first systematic explorations on which Michigan laid its claim...claim to the region. Houghton lost his life in a Lake Superior storm, but by the early 1840s his reports of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Country Gem and Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral Club, and more...lode), Caledonia, Mass, Knowlton, Champion No. 4, Baltic, Quincy No. 6, Minesota, National, Cliff, Phoenix...at the Mesnard mine, another on barite crystals with phantoms found in Ontonagon County, and a third on...pseudo-octahedral calcite found at the Minesota mine. If you are headed East, not North, this summer... objects, copper memorabilia from Montana and Michigan, and objects related to the Klondike gold rush
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
06520, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey (Emeritus), National Center, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA 3 Department...Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA 4 Department of Earth Sciences, University of California-Riverside...California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA US *corresponding author: noah.planavsky@yale.edu...RiverCrystal Falls district of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. Based on previous AC tectonic reconstructions...locally restricted modern and Holocene basins in the Baltic Sea, which receive episodic inflow of oxygenated
Catalog/List
Bisbee, Arizona Lodestone, Magnetic Iron Copper, Michigan Velvet Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona Rhodonite Zincite...Franklin, N. J. Quartz, Blue Rhodonite Copper, Michigan Az.urite, Bisbee, Arizona Quartz Group. Hot Springs...Dundas, Tasmania Quartz Group, Hou1Zhton Co., Michigan Carnotite, Montrose Co., Colorado Quartz var....Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine...Quartz, Drusy on Chry socolla, Globe, Arizona Chalcopyrite on Pink Dolomite, Okla­ homa W 69 70 71 W
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as the mine develops and—maybe—this is the one, only and last. Who knows? COLLECTING IN MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA...Chippewa Falls, Wise. After quite some research on Michigan minerals and collecting areas we felt ready to...started with the old mines at Norway and Vulcan, Michigan, near the Wisconsin border. We arrived at Norway...weather was nice and cool for climbing over the mine dumps. Most of the rock piles in this area are overgrown...Republic. Here a new open pit mine is in operation. Although the mine was shut down due to vacations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 he White Pine mine and adjacent town of White Pine are located about...western part of Ontonagon County, Michigan. The area is accessible by Michigan Highway 64, which winds...to 500 feet in elevation above Lake Superior. The mine lies within a belt of copper-bearing Precambrian...that are situated to the east and northeast of the mine. The host rock for the White Pine deposit is a series...when underground operations were suspended. The mine has 13 square miles of underground workings and
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series
Book
(41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite...43-44 Pyrite FeS2 45- 46 Marcasite FeS 2 47-48 Chalcopyrite CuFeS 2 49-50 Cubanite CuFe2S3 51 Carrollite...Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley, South Africa On loan from Mrs Charles... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...Superior, ·Michigan 30.4 cm (12 in.) across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Finland Heikki S. Pankka a and Erkki J. Vanhanen b a Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological...Geological Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Houghton, M149931, USA b Geological Survey of Finland, Regional...pyrite, pyrrhotite, cobaltite, Co-pentlandite, chalcopyrite, uraninite, molybdenite, scheelite, gold and...Kuusamo belt are spilitized. A number of small chalcopyrite showings are probably related to the spilitization...same type of iron increase from the Kerr Addison mine in Canada. Although CaMg-Fe carbonates are the most
Report (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ........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...collector whose specialty was Michigan. He was also a past president of the Michigan Mineralogical Society and
Journal (issue)
.. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...1841 a report by Dr. Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic...possibilities of the region. A monument to Dr. Houghton constructed from material from every geological
Report (chapter)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, USA (e-mail: hstein@cn~colostate.edu) 2Geological Survey...gangue mineralogy, and prominent ore minerals are chalcopyrite and molybdenite. Vokes et al. (1975) describe...Kobbernuten is scarce and generally confined to remaining mine dump material. Kobbernuten mineralization is dominated...dominated by bornite with much subordinate chalcopyrite and occurs in clots and as irregular and discontinuous...absent in the ore samples observed on the Kobbernuten mine dump. Bornite-bearing stringers and veinlets of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...of the six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response almost bowled...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A FEW NOTES ON COLLECTING IN UPPER MICHIGAN BY LYLE DeRUSHA RR 1 Chippewa Falls, Wise. In an area comprising...Minnesota mine dumps. From here to Copper Harbor on the tip of the peninsula and the Adams Mine dumps are...worthy of looking over. The Mass and the Adventure mine dumps will also be used for road fill. So these...will end as collecting spots. The Algomah, Lake, Michigan, Caledonia, St. Louis, So. Lake, Victoria, are...Near the town of Painsdale are the large Champion mine dumps. Here a host of minerals may be found. Copper
 
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