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Laumontite from
Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Laumontite
Formula:CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Laumontite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:782763
Long-form Identifier:1:3:782763:1
GUID (UUID V4):8d912a14-4a73-496e-9297-436b134f93b2
Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite
2.2km (1.3 miles) Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Meadow Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) St. Clair Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Eagle Harbor Marina, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Lake Superior Mine (Old Phoenix Fissure), Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
7.2km (4.4 miles) Robbins Mine (West Vein Mine), Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
7.6km (4.8 miles) Eagle River shoals, Eagle River, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Delaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine), Delaware, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) South Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (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)
(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
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)
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 .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as are composite crystal groups formed around a central crystal. Complex concentric structures are also...variety of minerals, including feldspars, prehnite, laumontite, and leucite, have been reported. Analcime is...crystallized and include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite...the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net All mineral photography...History and Mineralogy of the St. Louis Mine Houghton County, Michigan Twentieth in a series of articles...copper-included agate, measuring 0.7 × 1.0 cm. The central circular red banding contains micro-sized copper...at the St. Louis mine, located about 1.3 miles east of the village of Laurium, Michigan. This little-known...pumpellyite-(Mg), epidote, calcite, hematite, prehnite, laumontite, and copper, that occur as free-growing microcrystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pewabic Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated, isolated, and scenic Keweenaw Peninsula...Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with lake-effect...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...calcite, chlorite, prehnite, pumpellyite, and laumontite. Analcime, barite, datolite, apophyllite , natrolite...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. He now spends
Report (issue)
active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A....Ore.bodies ................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction..................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)
February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...starting with Keweenaw Point and continuing in a southwestern direction to the White Pine mine at the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...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...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A
Journal (issue)
MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com.......................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan......................................C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...............................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...8-cm 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)
in celebrating the rich mineral heritage of the Keweenaw Peninsula’s datolite by diving into this article...Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS...81MINERALS ’ .1-. . TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 rosemeyer@ocinet...00:43 01 January 2015 1. Cliff mine 2. Phoenix mine 3. Centralmine 4. Central Exploration 5. Delaware group...pit 7. IronCity(Empire)mine 8. Capemine 9. Clatkmine 10. starmine 11. Keweenaw Point Historical information
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which
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)
metamorphism in the North Shore Volcanic Group, Minnesota, USA S . Th. SC H M I D T Mineralogisch-Petrographisches...smectite, (3) laumontitechlorite-albite, (4) laumontite-chlorite-albite f prehnite f pumpellyite and...hematite; hul = heulandite; lim = limonite; Imt = laumontite; mor = mordenite; olig = oligoclase; pmp = pumpellyite;...the alteration of the basalts on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan. The petrography and the differentiation...mineral zonation in the Portage Lake lava series on Keweenaw 401 402 S. T h . SCHMIDT Peninsula. They recognized
Journal (issue)
Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting community...be observed in the minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907... Prospects for production were mediocre and the mine remained relatively idle until 1942 when E.J. Myler
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)
several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...an arch, with the oldest rocks appearing in the central and northern parts (fig. 2). The legs of the arch...similar to those exposed in Michigan’s famous Keweenaw Peninsula. Many of the minerals (copper, prehnite...and datolite) found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan also occur in Wisconsin. The major difference
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...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...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA ‘Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Department...Institute, Unive~ity of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (Received Febrzlary6, 1989; accepted in r~vi~~d~r~...zeolites, analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, laumontite, mordenite, and natrolite. Zeolites were dehydrated...indicate low-temperature origin for these samples. Laumontite (6%), however, may have formed at higher temperatures...isotope relationship between laumontite and calcite suggests that the laumontite has not preserved its original
 
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