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Mesolite from
Keweenaw Point, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Point
Classification
Species:Mesolite
Formula:Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mesolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Keweenaw Point, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416689:4
GUID (UUID V4):0e4472b2-36cd-4b1f-91e4-629d1196b613
Nearest other occurrences of Mesolite
17.9km (11.1 miles) Lakeshore traps, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) Lookout Point (Thomsonite Hill), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) Ashbed Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) Rhode Island Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
79.1km (49.1 miles) South Range Quarry, South Range, Adams Township, Houghton 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
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
Journal (issue)
of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) ...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 .
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
Book
History of Lake Superior mining The Keweenaw copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle...developments 45 ., 45 Clinton iron ores of Dodge County, Wis 45 Paleozoic iron ores in western Wisconsin...geologic 70 knowledge 72 Bibliography 73 Michigan Northern Wisconsin Minnesota 77 Ontario 81...96 96 97 district Crystal Falls district Keweenaw Point Northern ^Wisconsin Central Wisconsin Northeastern...99 Royal and Michipicoten Island Keweenaw Point and northern Michigan and Wisconsin Keweenawan mesas Huronian
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
Book
found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite and wellsite)... ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, and gonnardite have...have the same framework. Natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite all have a dominantly ordered framework, with...ANALCIME HARMOTOME NATROLITE LAUMONTTITE SCOLECITE MESOLITE GISMONDINE THOMSONITE HEULANDITE BREWSTERlTE EDINGTONITE
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......................................53
Report (issue)
o· THE GEOLOGY OF COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA Wave-built gravel bar damming mouth of small stream west...SCHWARTZ, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 39 The Geology of Cook County Minnesota BY FRANK F. GROUT ROBERT P. SHARP GEORGE...BY THOMAS ALLEN, LTD., TORONTO FOREWORD Cook County forms the extreme northeastern part of Minnesota...long narrow parallel lakes. The position of the county on the north shore of the largest fresh-water lake...types of agriculture. As a consequence most of the county is still forested, a considerable proportion belonging
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee Co. Garnet NAVAJO RESERVATION Carnotite...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evidence of metamorphic grade in the Otama and Kaka Point areas does not altogether * Named from the Southern...Triassic siltstones exposed on the coast near Kaka Point, over 300 thin, water-laid ash beds have been altered...alteration as defined for Taringatura. At Nugget Point, several miles to the south-east, Kaihikuan (Middle...described laumontitized tuffs from wells in Clinch County, Georgia, which are remarkably similar in texture...chalcedony, plombierite, calcite and apophyllite. 3.3. Michigan copper deposits BRODERICK (1929, 1931; esp.
Report (volume)
Iron-Bearing Scries of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan, by Roland D. Irving and C. R. Van Hise. 3802...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 80 pp....between the Eastern Sandstone and the Keweenaw Series on Kowecnaw Point, Lake Superior, by R. D. Irving and...57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...pis. Vi-xix. The Penokee iron-bearing series of Michigan and Wisconsin, by Koland Duer Irving and Charles...report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan, by Charles Richard Van Hise and William Shirley...and hydrography Continued. The mines of Ouster County, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, pp. 405-472...The age of the Franklin white limestone of Sussex County, New Jersey, by John Eliot Wolff and Alfred Hulse
Book (edition)
nature, and the true form is often The facts on this point, greatly disguised by this means. and the methods... will diverge equally on opposite sides of the point of intersection (O); that is, in mathematical lanis...with the Feldspar group,, and so on. It is hence a point to be remembered, when the affinities of species...might instead of I-/? The determination on this point is more or less arbitrary. It is usual to assume...crystallographers. ematical calculation is often the principal point referred to in order to reach a conclusion. V.
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Arctic boundary: Haddren, 12a Prince William Sound: Grant (U S), lOb; Schrader, OOa; Stevens (B), 09a Publications...Peninsula: Wright (C W), 08b, c, 15 Kenai Peninsula: Grant (U S), 09b, lOs Kennicott Bonanza mine: Storm, 10...Wales Island: Scott (W A), 09 Prince William Sound: Grant (U S), 06c, 09a, 10, lOb, c; Johnson (B L), 15,...Kantishna region: Prindle, 07 Kenai Peninsula: Grant (US), 09b, lOs; Seward-Sunrise region: Johnson (B
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...of natural history A prospector's pick with a point on one end and the pleasures of miner- amateur...how to organize Equipment foot a four-sided point, cutting flat material and for removing INDISPENSABLE...they may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous...1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike.........Marquette region, Michigan..................................... 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan..................................... . 3. Keweenaw Point, Michigan..................................... 4. Menominee.................................... 50 6. Pigeon Point, Minnesota.....................................
Report (volume)
Anales tomo 7; Anuario. 1935-36. Mexico City. Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters PapPl'S...PapPl'S VOlS. 25, 26. Arbor, Mich. Allll Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Section of Geology...Excursions 10th Ouidebook. LallSing (?), Mich. Michigan College of Mining and Technology Bulletin new...new ser. vol. 13 (no. 1). Houghton, Mich. Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions vol....(no. 2). Ann Arbor, Mich. SERIALS EXAMINED 7 Michigan University Studies Scientific Series vol. 6. Ann
Book (edition)
occur of all sizes, from the merest microscopic point to a yard or more in diameA single crystal of quartz...structure or genesis of the crystals of a species may point to other forms, having very different axial relations...evident that there are six such planes, one at each point (see f. 36). extremity of the three axes, and the...regular octahedron ; and the last disappearing point of each face of the cube is the apex of each solid...finally the dodecahedron again 144 44' 8". The last point of the face of the is formed (f. 1 A i 45). octahedron
Book
working on solid rock A prospectors pick with a point on one end and a square hammerhead on the other...as a p1ckax Two chisels, one with a four-sided point and the other with a flat cutting edge as thick...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...essentially 1dent1cal characteristics at every point Sc1ent1f1c terminology aims at precIsIon and avoids...themselves so that they radiate from a central point. When the cluster Is split, the surfaces look rather
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
 
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