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Chrysocolla from
Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133872
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133872:0
GUID (UUID V4):4b497b91-89e6-4fb3-ac24-eb4f2239b794
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
2.2km (1.4 miles) Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Wolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Allouez Conglomerate Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Allouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Isle Royal No. 1 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
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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
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 .
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
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 (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)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia
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)
THE CLIFF MINE, discovered in 1844, is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan in the heart...first mine on the "Keweenaw" to pay dividends to stockholders. Throughout its history, the mine also produced...period but ended unsuccessfully. Dr. Douglass Houghton first visited the copper region in 1830 and published...of Upper Michigan, started his mining career with Calumet and Hecla as an underground mine geologist...Company. The Cliff mine, in a few short years, would be the first great copper mine to be worked in the
Report (issue)
Reconnaissance Geology of Western Mineral County Montana By ROBERT E. WALLACE and JOHN W. HOSTERMAN ...geologic structure and mineralogy of western Mineral County, Mont., as determined by a 'series of traverses...mine____-_-_________-_________________________ True Fissure mine._-_--____--__-_--_______-___-________--Deposits...section of western Mineral County, Mont. 49. Geologic map of the Silver Cable mine. 50. Geologic maps of the...True Fissure mine. Face FIGURE 73. Index map showing location of western Mineral County, Mont. __________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...grossular, malachite, powellite, and scheelite. Arkansas mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim...and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils district: epidote. Helena mine (reportedly just northwest
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)
The Elkhorn Mine Downloaded by [Florida International University] at 21:06 27 August 2013 J E F F E...Mountains, near the center of what is now Jefferson County, Montana. Finding mineralized ground, the three...the discovery of the Elkhorn mine, he was in the grave long before the mine was discovered, and such claims...supported neither by documents on file at the Jefferson County courthouse nor by early newspaper accounts of the...Elkhorn mine on the northeast side of town. Although mineral specimens from the Elkhorn mine are rarely
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
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 (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...................................... Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................
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;
Report (issue)
greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers. 93 94 CONTRIBUTIONS TO...from the fact that preparations are being made to mine and mill 12,000 tons of this ore a day at Bingham... Nev., Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ruth mine................ 2.6 Ely, Nev., Nevada Consolidated... All three kinds of ore often occur at the same mine, but the distinction holds good in a general way
Book
Historic State Park 13700 13.25 Lane  Garden, Michigan 49835 Tel: (906) 644-2603 Keweenaw Peninsula Jill...Sciences & Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931 Miners Castle...Rocks National Lakeshore P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 49862 Tel: (906) 387-2607 / Email: David_Kronk@nps...Mining Engineering and Sciences (adjunct) Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 Tel: (906) 227-1176...wildr@michigan.gov Mine Descriptions Rob Porritt, Dept of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Michigan Technological
Report (issue)
SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds... 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University of Arizona...Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological...Geologic map of the Mount Union quadrangle, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle...Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Profesional Paper
Journal (issue)
Montana’s capital city, is partnering with The Carter County Museum in Ekalaka – dinosaur fossils from within...MARCH 2020 3 VOL. 50 NO. 03 • MARCH 2020 50 chrysocolla 58 10 for the love of lapis The Saga of Afghan...Tradition And ‘Living the Dream’ at Wild Turkey Mine 20 cherishing chert A Mother Rock for the Ages...Afghanistan; Leaf gold atop matrix mined in Clear Creek County, Colorado; Banded Iron Formation (BIF) chert mined...Non-transferrable.RG6/19 RG3/20 ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU FIND
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
WILDERNESS MINE,RAL. RESOURCES YOF· THE STRAWBERRY.· MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON...Strawberry Mountain Wilderness and Adjacent Areas, Grant County, Oregon By THOMAS P. THAYER and JAMES E. CASE,...Strawberry Mountain Wilderness and adjacent areas, Grant County, Oregon. (Studies related to wilderness-wilderness...considered for addition to the Wilderness in Grant County, Oregon. CONTENTS Page Summary ___ -: ____...______________________________ L _________________ _ Celebration mine ____________________________________________ _
Catalog/List
Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate **...minerals. He will pick over stream beds, gravel pits, mine dumps, road cuts, and quarries. Some gems may also... even an unfenced range, a deserted cabin, or a mine dump. Be ready to sign a waiver absolving the owner...slope above you may start a rock slide on you. Open mine shafts and water-filled pits are obvious dangers
 
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