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Azurite from
Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:110734
Long-form Identifier:1:3:110734:0
GUID (UUID V4):71eb76ab-f514-462d-b584-39c93b1c1e92
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
2.7km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Isle Royal No. 1 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ā“˜Roadside prospect, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Mabbs Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ā“˜Champion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ā“˜Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) ā“˜South Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ā“˜Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
32.8km (20.4 miles) ā“˜Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ā“˜North Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
43.0km (26.7 miles) ā“˜Great Sand Bay, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
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Catalog/List
28Qj 0Ā° AĀ®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns... Small Ml. Ā£4 Ā£4-Ā°0 HOWLITE, Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous...ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. Ā£4 Ā£5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....C. Ā£5 L.217| Ā£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturerā€™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 ā€“ Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2ā€”Dr. Weisā€™s Personal Memorabilia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Sibyl and Bill Severance, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1953, well before he started collecting...1960s. Figure 2. The Kegel azurite, 15.2 cm, 6th level east, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pictured in...front of his Tsumeb exhibit; note the framed Kegel azurite poster on the wall. Jeff R. Glover photo (2010)...Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan; Ross Lillie of North Star...specimens, 98 of which were from the Tsumeb mine and 81 from Michigan, many of these with interesting histories
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY Figure 1: Shaft house of the Ahmeek mine, Keweenaw County. 1962 photo by Terry...been and probably never will be anything like the Michigan Copper Country. For the mineral-minded, it is...native metal. For the collector, its scores of old mine dumps never cease to provide rewards of specimens;...and to Douglass Houghton, who made the first systematic explorations on which Michigan laid its claim...claim to the region. Houghton lost his life in a Lake Superior storm, but by the early 1840s his reports of
Journal (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The ā€œCopper Kingā€ 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 (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...due to the parallel growth of xls. At the Hancock Mine, Hancock, it occurs upon xls of epidote and quartz...also at Centennial Mine, Calumet; Iroquois Mine, and Cliff Mine, Cliff; Quincy Mine, Hancock, with chlorastrolite;...chlorastrolite; Isle Royale Mines, Houghton; Seneca and Ahmeek Mines, Mohawk with epidote; in smaller amounts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
14:46 04 January 2015 TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road Ouray, Colorado 81427 All postcards from the...mining in the western states. Their depiction of mine illumination, methods of ore transportation, and...appeal to tourists with their advertisments for mine tours, ghost towns, and other mining attractions...Sunnyside mine, Eureka, Colorado (ca. 1920). Underground at the Calumet & Hecla mine, Calumet, Michigan (ca...Mt. Mica mine, Pans Hill, Maine (ca. 1911). Miners on the 1500-foot level, Treadwell gold mine, Alaska
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...MINERALS pseudomorphs after cuprite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chalcanthite...associated with silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and a variety of other secondary minerals...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...include the New Cornelia pit, Pima County, and the Ray mine in Pinal County. Masses and sheets of crystalline
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
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Book
Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised ā€¢ by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 Ā© 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)
relocate from the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton to a new museum complex located...two historic buildings on the Quincy mine property in Hancock, Michigan. In addition to making the museum...man Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 4993 1 ; 906/487-3027...specimen from the %in Creeks mine, north of Winnemucca, in Humboldt County, Nevada. It was a gift from...and Museum Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Smithsonian Institution-National Museum of Natural
Book
stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent, the Quincy has operated...the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN ā€¢ 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM A. MURDOCH...INWARD FROM THE EDGE 209 219 230 EPILOGUE: THE MICHIGAN COPPER RANGE IN WORLD WAR II ACK NOWLEDGMENTS... 17 Old mine pit at Fort Wilkins 32 Fort Wilkins stockade 33 Profile of the Cliff Mine page 57...John Hays, Edwin J. Hulbert, Douglass Houghton 128 Cliff Mine Today 129 Loading Copper on Lake Boat
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...NoneĀ­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ļ‚‚ the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmļ‚¾jasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineļ‚¾rock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Ā½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatļ‚¾jasper. CARTERSVILLE:...ļ‚¾agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ļ‚ at Holton Quarry, 7Ā½ mi. NWļ‚¾agate; ļ‚‚ N
Book (volume)
collectorsā€™ eye; a superb German Pyrargyrite, or Michigan Silver. The first group everyone can appreciate...Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon...54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The University of Michigan Mineral Collection Ann Arbor Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 07:28...T he mineral collection at the University of Michigan is among the oldest and finest in the Great Lakes...prominent were those associated with the state of Michigan. A number of the specimens are pictured in the...of Michigan. No other mineralogical collection, save that of the A. E. Seaman Museum at Michigan Technological...University, is more important historically to Michigan. Although the collection continued to be an important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 1404 E. Sharon Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 cjstefan@mtu...WILLIAM B. BARR JR. 1405 Hewett Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 wbarr@umich.edu Figure 1. Portrait of young...and then working as an exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michiganā€™s Keweenaw...native copper deposit, which became the Champion mine. His academic interests ranged across the disciplines...curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University. His interests span mineralogy
Book (volume)
Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Kharan Dist., Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite...Tourmaline) Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Bismuthinite Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral in a few pegmatites at Atolia, San Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the...earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing up to four hundred...mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. CRYOLITE, a fluoride of sodium and aluminum...number of pegmatites as at Conway, New Hampshire and Quincy, Massachusetts. Small rhombohedral crystals have...August 2017 Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. Calcite occurs elsewhere at the Harding Mine, New Mexico.
Catalog/List
tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals...Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River, Villodieu Township, Quebcc, Canada. massive...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive
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)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...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
 
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