| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Allouez No. 1 Mine, Allouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 475468 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:475468:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a967ac7d-027f-4ba9-a8c8-1f6bae127f67 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘAhmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘKearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘWolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘSeneca No. 1 Shaft, Seneca Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘMohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘIroquois Mine, Seneca, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘSt. Louis Mine Exploration, Schoolcraft Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | ⓘCalumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 7.8km (4.9 miles) | ⓘOsceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘOjibway Mine, Ojibway, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...Magdalena, New Mexico 87825 tajmahal@gilanet.com Figure 1. A classic group of free-growing, complex copper crystals...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...including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and quartz. The longevity |  | | 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 |
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