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Cummingtonite from
Spurr Mine, Imperial Heights, Baraga County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cummingtonite
Formula:◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cummingtonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spurr Mine, Imperial Heights, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414715:2
GUID (UUID V4):40cc25dc-4ad3-44f7-a9e7-48d13a184513
Nearest other occurrences of Cummingtonite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Michigamme Mine (Mt Shasta mine), Michigamme, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) Republic Mine, Republic, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
62.1km (38.6 miles) Groveland Mine, Randville, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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)
temperature at which andradite from the Pewabic mine loses its birefringence on heating, the early stage...composition suggests cummingtonite. This is the first reported occurrence of cummingtonite formed by the uralitization...somewhat lower temperature than that of the cummingtonite. CONTENTS TEXT Introduction Acknowledgments...properties of pyroxenes. 886 3. Analyses of cummingtonite and pyroxenes... 888 Graton, and Gordon (1910)...chemical analysis of hedenbergite from the Dolores mine at Matehuala, San Luis Downloaded from https://pubs
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
Report (volume)
Range Super~oup in the . G0gebic Iron District, Michigan and Wisconsin GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared in...cooperation wt'th the Geologz'cal Survey Dt'visz'on, Michigan Department of Natural ResourceS! The Marquette...Range Supergroup in the Gogebic Iron District, Michigan and Wisconsin By ROBERT GORDON SCHMIDT GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Geologic description...Range Supergroup in the Gogebic iron district, Michigan and Wisconsin. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1460)
Report (issue)
Iron, Fayal, and Biwabik mines XXIII. Map of Adams mine with bottom of the ore deposit indicated by contours...contours XXIV. A, Railway cut in approach to Oliver mine at Virginia, showing close jointing and at Oliver... XXVI. 130 mine, Virginia ----_Oliver mine at Virginia in 1900 A, Mountain Iron mine, looking north...north through mine; B, Steam shovel "bucking" --bank of ore, Mountain Iron mine A, Stripping operations,... Sharon mine; B, View of Auburn mine, open pit and shaft. A, Panoramic view of Adams mine; B, Panoramic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and again in 1953 with the eruption of the Mount Spurr Volcano (Fournelle 1998), which culminated in a...identified cummingtonite as a primary phenocryst in fresh volcanic pumice. Although cummingtonite was widely...the Pacific Northwest, he had also identified cummingtonite in the Mount St. Helens deposits (Wilcox 1965)...Mount St. Helens prior to 1980; ash containing cummingtonite became a distinctive constituent marking the...(1953) Preliminary report of the eruption of Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska, and the ashfall in the Anchorage
Report (issue)
district, Gilpin County, Colorado. 2. Geologic sections of the Central City district, Gilpin County, Colorado...range. The Central City district is in south Gilpin County, in the central part of the Front Eange (fig. 1)...Creek and a few uranium-bearing areas in Jefferson County (Sims and Sheridan, 1964). The Precambrian rocks...closely associated rocks in the Idaho Springs region (Spurr, Garrey, and Ball, 1908), which he considered to...than a square mile. It has been traced through the mine workings on Quartz Hill; it should intersect the
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...History: Bulletin, vol. 8, article 1. Urbana, 111. Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee: Bulletin,...26. Mexico, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Tenth Report. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Miner, vol. 10. Saginaw...Saginaw, Mich. Michigan State Board of Geological Survey: Report for 1907. Lansing, Mich. Mineral Collector...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APRIL-MAY, OF THE SIDNEY 1923. HOMESTAKE No. 3 MINE. • PAIGE. •NTRODUCT•ON. MY interest in the nature...acutewhen structuralstudiesin the vicinity of the mine suggested that the depositwas unusualand actuallyvery...publisheddescriptionsof it.2 An added glamour is attachedto the mine,perhaps,because strict censorship had prevailed...earnestsolicitation, in I9:•2, to a brief examinationof the mine workings,to be limited to threedays,was regardedas...Societyof America resulted. 8 My interestin the mine was increasedby this brief examination,which alsoresultedin
Report (volume)
............................................. Michigan ............................................................................................. Michigan ............................................................................................. Michigan ..........................'...... ....I.........Alabama, McCalley, 3819. Iron ore mines in Jefferson County, Castlcnian, 777. Leaf impressions in the Eocene...Nordenskjold, 4114. Geology of Yukon gold district, Spurr, 5173. Glacial phenomena in Yukon district, Tyrrell
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . .. 52 Composition of Cummingtonite-Grunerite Amphiboles ........... 64 CONTENTS...common rocks in the metamorphic zones of northern Michigan (adapted from James, 1955) ........ 50 25. Triangular...ratio Fe/ (Fe 31. Graph of compositions of cummingtonite-grunerite amphiboles in the metamorphosed Biwabik...Refractive Indices and Estimated Compositions of Cummingtonite-Grunerite Amphiboles from the Metamorphosed...CaCO a near the gabbro. Compositions of the cummingtonite-grunerite amphiboles, determined by refractive
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vols. 8 and 9. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, no....Geological Survey: Eocene; Miocene; Garrett County; Cecil County; and vols. 4 and 5. Baltimore, Md. Mazama:...D. F., Mexico. Michigan Academy of Science: Report, lst-6th. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Geological Survey:... pts. 2, 3; vol. 9, pts. 1, 2. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Miner: vols. 3-7. Saginaw, Mich. Mines and Minerals:...2 figs., 1900. 2. The physiography of Garrett County [Maryland]. Md. Geol. Surv., Garrett Co., pp. 27-54
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
accompanied by biotite and small amounts of cummingtonite at T ≤ 850 °C. The relatively high temperature...99775, USA 2 Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Anchorage, AK, USA 3 School...University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA 5 Tornillo Scientific, Liverpool, UK The 2006... ˚ 60˚ 50˚ 180 ˚ 150˚ 152˚ 180 Anchorage Spurr 61˚ 60˚ 1000 km 50˚ ˚ 130 nai Pen i Homer ...stability for low temperature quartz, biotite, and cummingtonite, likely because of the higher f02 used. Therefore
Report (issue)
14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N.Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered...Yuma County, Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Santa Cruz County, Arizona...sphene, garnet, calcite, vesuvianite, scapolite, cummingtonite, tremolite, and magnetite-ilmenite. The coarse-grained...N 15 N 1,500 N N 500 N 300 700 500 N 700 Yuma County, Ariz. Graves Mountain, Ga. Turkey Creek 36(H)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
greenalite is an organic precipitate, proposedby Spurr;8 and (3) that greenaliteis a precipitate, deposited...normal * Personal Communication to J. E. Hawley. a Spurr, J. E., The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi Range:...Greenstone: BuIl. Geol. Soc. Am., vol. 23' p' 330,1912. 8 Spurr, J.8., o!.cit.,p.242. 408 TE E AMERICAN MI N...incipient alteration to chert, griinerite, cummingtonite, or actinolite, scarcely discernible in ordinary...controversy. The classical theory (developed by Spurr,3bVan Hise and Leith36 holds that these ores were
Report (issue)
...........................................117 Spurr...................................................made up of St. Helens, Redoubt, Augustine, and Spurr. These volcanoes have all had recent eruptions that...411 Yellowstone 369 Valles 287 Redoubt 250 Spurr 141 Rainier 137 Crater Lake 121 Augustine...[Volcanic ashes on Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, USA]: Vulkanologiya i Seysmologiya, v. 1997, no. 1, p...[Volcanic ashes on Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, USA]: Vulkanologiya i Seysmologiya, v. 1997, no. 1, p
Report (volume)
recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains... lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere...minerals in the alkalic rocks of Iron Hill, Gunnison County. Colorado pegmatite bodies, considered as a unit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mostabundantsilicatesfound at the typelocalityare cummingtonite, ferrohypersthene, fayaliteand lesser amountsof...formationon the Mesabi Range and shortlyafterwards,Spurr (6, p. 248) usedthe word for any iron-bearingrock...Sedimentary rocks: Harper and Bros., New York, 526 p. 6. Spurr, J. E., 1894, The iron-bearing rocks of the Mesabi
Journal (issue)
His former position as Geologist of the Franklin Mine and his interest and familiarity with Franklin minerals...no choice in the matter. Furthermore, the Sussex County Board of Education has ordered that all school...of some interest to collectors. When the Franklin Mine was in operation this building was the recreational...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, will again be available soon for purchase...and our younger members will outlive the Sterling Mine. Now is still the time to buy good specimens. They
Report (issue)
THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BY CHARLES PALACHE UNITED STATES...of specimens from the earliest workings at both Mine Hill and Sterling Hill are very complete and are...the geology and mineralogy of Franklin, in Sussex County, N.J.: Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Jour., vol...Analysis of the melanite from Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, N.J.: Am. Jour. Sci., 1st ser., vol. 8, pp. 300-301...of the minerals discovered at Franklin, Sussex County, N:J.: Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Jour., vol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Sterling Hill mines are situated in Sussex County, New Jersey, about 50 miles northwestof New York...late Paleozoicand .bythe from about 1930 to the mine closing. They relate intrusionof basicigneousdikes...beginning daysof miningat Franklinand and Bowen (1922), Spurr and Lewis (1925), (1935), Pinger(1950), andMetsgeret.../ ! ! ! Franklin Marble 'N Gneiss Sterling Mine 1 Mile I I Scale FIG.1. Sketch mapof theFranklin-Sterling...about25ø (Fig. 2). Toward the northern end of the mine the plungeof the keel fiattensand then reversesslightly
Report (volume)
D. F., Mexico. Michigan Academy of Science: Reports 4-6,. 1904. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Geological Survey:...Survey: vol.- 9, pt. 2, 1904. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Miner, vol. 6, 1904. Saginaw, Mich. Mines and Minerals...H.) and Smith (A. F.). 1. The geology of Miller County [Missouri]. Mo. Bur. Geol. & Mines, 2d ser., vol...Shirley). 1. The Menominee iron-bearing district of Michigan. U. S. Geol. Surv., Mon., vol 46, 513 pp., 43...deposits. Bendrat (T. A.). 1. The geology of Lincoln County, South Dakota, and adjacent portions... Am. Geol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
8–32 tr tr tr-3 1–5 27 28 Soufrière Hills Spurr West Indies Alaska Andesite Basaltic andesite-dacite...lines which join at the compositions of ideal cummingtonite (Cmm). b Shows the relationship between low-P...composition of an ideal Al-free amphibole [e.g. cummingtonite, [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2]. A few volcanic amphiboles...amphiboles should show solid solution with cummingtonite which sometimes occurs in pumiceous high-silica...pumice-lapilli bed and pyroclastic-flow deposits). Cummingtonite is the last phase to crystallize in equilibrium
Book (edition)
rocks — Acid sulphate waters in igneous rocks — Mine waters of sulphate type —Sodium carbonate waters...amygdaloids The veins Mineral association Origin Mine waters Rock alteration Mining and smelting operations...LeadBoulder ville-Boulder County belt — The tungsten deposits en—The County —Summary — Deposits with native...—Pyrite-enargite veins —The pyritic replaceShasta County, California ment deposits — Copper deposits The...Mississippi valley district Oxidation gold deposits mine— Enrichment at Georgetown — Enrichment at —Enrichment
 
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