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Augite from
Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Unincorporated Community
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
K Feldspar2 photos of Augite associated with K Feldspar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:401669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:401669:4
GUID (UUID V4):c3dbe078-e63b-4669-b2ea-7d81e225b36e
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
19.9km (12.4 miles) Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
46.4km (28.8 miles) Jacobsville Sandstone, Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
75.4km (46.8 miles) BIC deposit (Bovine Igneous Complex), Baraga County, Michigan, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) Yellow Dog peridotite, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
(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)
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
Report (issue)
Extent and General Nature of the Keweenaw Series Lithology of the Keweenaw Series Section I. Basic Original...III. Summary View of the Original Rocks of the Keweenaw Series Section IV. Detrital Rocks Chapter IV....Features of the Three Classes of Rocks of the Keweenaw Chapter Chapter II. 24 III. 34 '. 35 91... General Stratigraphy of the Keweenaw Series Chapter VI.— The Keweenaw an Rocks op the South Shore of...of Lake Superior Introductory 152 Section I.— Keweenaw Point Section II.— The Region between Portage
Report (issue)
University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...J. the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting...Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v.v. 40, 1 PREFACE PREFACE In 1983 1983..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake
Journal (issue)
mineral is also common in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins 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...throughout areas 134 of great scenic beauty in the Keweenaw Peninsula there are many rock piles. These are
Journal (issue)
com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-454 2 SPRING...Ropes Gold Mine. Near Ishpeming. Marquette County, Michigan 3 by Michael P. Basal HISTORIC MINERAL FEATURE...nugget from Lhe Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan. The specimen measures I .5x2.5 cm .. and...Ropes Gold Mine, Near Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan by Michael P. Basal Introduction During...country. The event was held in conjunction with Keweenaw Week, a mineralogical ex­ travaganza featuring
Report (issue)
VOLCANICS (MIDDLE KEWEENAWAN) ON ISLE ROYALE, MICHIGAN Prepared in cooperation with the National Park...Isle Royale, Michigan By N. KING HUBER GEOLOGY OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...-···-·--· 2 The Portage Lake Volcanics on the Keweenaw Peninsula__ 3 The Portage Lake Volcanics on Isle...------Correlation between Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula -----------------------------------...middle and upper Keweenawan rocks of northern Michigan and adjacent parts of Wisconsin--------------
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF MICHIGAN PART I. THE PRE-ORDOVICIAN A. C. LANE and A. E. SEAMAN Houghton, Mich. INTRODUCTION...It is not as easy to summarize the section of Michigan as, for instance, a compact state like Iowa. For...'Marinescan) = Laurentian THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF MICHIGAN 68i be necessary. It need not be said that there...(the " Greenstone schist" or " Mareniscan"). In Michigan at least there is comparatively little if any...hornblende slate under the term primitive; by Houghton and his assistants as syenite, granite, gneiss
Catalog/List
acite,Vlasovite, Foittite,Perhamite,Ludwigite, Augite crystals. I , '1' Also available, list of basic...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;...grey cleavable massive Crystal peak, Park County, Colorado, USA Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 1" £4 2x3...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr CO/3 Montana...lx2 £2 mixture with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CREEK MINES CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By F. HAROLD EVANS Doylestown, Pa...Rutter, a smith, on the Manatawny Creek in Berks County. Iron mines, furnaces and forges depend on one...called Warwick) in the French Creek Valley, Chester County. All the mines in the early days were operated...Iron Works was built on French Creek in Chester County by an English Quaker named, Samuel Nutt. By 1732...Warwick Furnace in 1737 on French Creek, in Chester County. William Bird, another Iron Master, of the eighteenth
Report (volume)
Nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of Northern Michigan Geochemistry, Petrography, and Volcanology of...Rhyolites of the Portage Lake Volcanics, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1970-A...Nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of Northern Michigan By WILLIAM F. CANNON and SUZANNE W. NICHOLSON...Rhyolites of the Portage Lake Volcanics, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan By SUZANNE W. NICHOLSON Chapters A and...nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of northern Michigan / by William F. Cannon and Suzanne W. Nicholson
Catalog/List
£5 lx2 £10 Pyroxene 3 ■■ AGRELLITE Villedieu Township, Kipawa, River Quebec, Can Rich fibrous pale grey-brown...SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro botryoidal...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in...------------- PbAgSbS 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA Quite rich orange mass in matrix. Minor willemite
Journal (issue)
Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean R. Rentmeister .................CA. Host, Gem and Mineral Society ol San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan, P.O. Box 53, NAS Mollett Field, CA...thru 3. Marlcopa Lapidary Society. 25th Annual Phoenix Gem and Mineral Show " Sliver Jubilee of Gems."...Coliseum. Phoenix, AZ. 1st and 2nd 9-10: 3rd 9-6. Perry Stufflebeam, 3139 W. Holly, Phoenix 85009. Camper...Mineralogy Society. Annual Show. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Kennewick, WA. 10-10 and 10-6. Donald
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................Smith, Universitv.Arizona_ ___Dr. Burt Ogburn, Phoenix. Prof. F. N. Guild, Tucson. Arkansas____L.Dr. A...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Report (volume)
Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (issue)
of time. the taken by University W. D. Michigan A within a Photo Keller of Missouri. the...Sylvania sandstone sheet on top) at Rockwood, Michigan. Michigan 3 (Wisconsin till Minerals Henry P....University, Detroit The collector of minerals in Michigan has two distinctly unlike regions in which to...only slightly disturbed Paleozoic strata of the Michigan “basin,” with exposures ranging in age from Silurian...such as those fringing the shores of upper Lakes Michigan and Huron. The eastern part of the upper peninsula
Journal (issue)
15 miles south of Riverside City, in Riverside County. H alfway between Riverside and Nuevo is the famed...·--~ - Whole No. 150 ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN 'S COPPER COUNTRY Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior Region ... By J. E. ANDRESS Coming up on U . S. 41 or Michigan 26, one enters the peninsula at H oughton, crossing...Calumet, Kearsarge, Allouez, Ahmeek, Mohawk and Phoenix. Here, the highways divide and 26 goes to the west...included as part of Keweenaw County. One mile up g rade some 600 ft. higher is located Keweenaw Park with splendid
Catalog/List
Amphibole 2cm £8 3cm £ 15 Near Chelan. E.Washington USA !x i £3 ½" £3 Ix½ £5 Rich fi ne grained black crystalline...wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...mixture with Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2...Ti SiO ATACAMITE Cu Cl OH AUGELITE Al PO/4 01-1 AUGITE Pyroxene AUSTINITE Ca Zn AsO/4 01-1 AXINITE AXINITE
Journal (issue)
3 cm, from the Mussa Alp, Piemonte, Italy. (2) Augite, 2.6 cm, from Fassatal, Tirol, Austria. (3) Boracite...beryl, 2.4 cm, from Slieve Corra, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Ireland. Gem-crystal thumbnails illustrated...was the “Bitner box” (produced by Fred Bitner in Phoenix); it measured about 6½312 inches and was nicely...single crystals, (3) thumbnails from one state, county or foreign country, and (4) thumbnail element groups...cm, from the Eagle’s Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...4, no. 1; Boletin, no. 29. Mexico, D. F. . - ' Michigan Geological and Biological Survey: Publications...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...Alien, R. C. The iron mining industry of Michigan; Michigan gold! others no. 13. '**-,, * * See Aiten
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
host for the Bingham porphyrycopperdeposit,was an augite-actinolite-biotite monzonitebeforealteration,the...Analysesof Augire from the Last Chance Stock and Phoenix Dike Weight percent oxides (;rains Sample 71-12...55 18.14 19.88 99.66 Structural formulas for augite based on 6(O) y z x z 21 Ca Mg Fe AI AI...pit and is quantitativelymuch less significant County, Virginia, obtained from A. A. Chodos, than on...accuracyof no more than three significant stock and Phoenix dike. Quartz veins, up to 2 figurescan be asstuned
 
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