| | 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) | MINERALIZATION THE COPPER AT WHITE STANLEY SOCIETY OF GEOLOGISTS IN HARBOR PINE, K. No. 1967 THE UPPER...UPPER 7 PART CONGLOMERATE MICHIGAN HAMILTON CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................................................... Geologyof the White Pine area ..........................................feet of the CopperHarbor Conglomerateat White Pine, Michigan. The topmost100 feet of this formation can...copper is therefore diagenetic. INTRODUCTION THW White Pine copperdepositis locatedin the southwesternKeweenaw | | | 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 | | | 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) | large mass 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 . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena, New Mexico...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 | Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting.... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Anthonyite and calumetite, two newminerals from the Michigan copper district (Williams) 61+ Aomine, S. with...804 Chrysocolla, the nature of, from Inspiration Mine, Arizona (Sun) .. 649 Cipriani,C. and Vannuccini...Wheeler of carminite area, Snake Range, White I The Pine County, Nevada. . . composition and 189 space...from the Mount Wheeler area, Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada. . Lee, H. C. and McConnell, D. Memorial...from the Mount Wheeler area, Snake Range, White Pine County, Nevada (Lee, Erd) Phosphochromite 1:P"rrlun | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | as the mine develops and—maybe—this is the one, only and last. Who knows? COLLECTING IN MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA...Chippewa Falls, Wise. After quite some research on Michigan minerals and collecting areas we felt ready to...started with the old mines at Norway and Vulcan, Michigan, near the Wisconsin border. We arrived at Norway...weather was nice and cool for climbing over the mine dumps. Most of the rock piles in this area are overgrown...marble quarry. Here we found lovely specimens of white satiny prisms of tremolite. Twelve miles east of | | | 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; | | | 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...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 | | | Catalog/List | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...twinning; Ontario ............... Cleavelandite, white, laminated; S. Dakota ......... . *Peristerite (Moonstone)... .65 1.25 .60 ALGODONITE (Mohawkite), (copper arsenides) Massive in rock; Michigan ...................85 .60 ALUMINITE (hydrous aluminum sulfate) White nodules; Wyoming ............... ........... 2...pure; Utah .............................. Massive, white; Arizona ......................... . .35 40 .60 | | | Catalog/List | twinning; Vfrginia . . . . . . . Cleavelandile, white, laminated; S. Dakota . . . . . . . Peristerile...26 .50 .15 .40 ALGODONITE and WHITNEYITE (copper arsenides) Massive; Michigan . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Massive, white; Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Fibrous, white; New York . . . . . . ... ... .... . . ...... • • • • Fibrous, white, in white marble;...marble; Canada . . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple | | | Journal (issue) | hobby so much that he became the President of the Michigan Mineralogical Society and of a less formal club...on a tour that features such places as the King’s Mine, The Norwegian Mining Museum, and the “Silver Vault...when viewed under light bounced off a piece of white paper. Because firestain is below the surface, there’s...tons have been found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It often contains silver (so-called “half-breeds”)...“half-breeds”), arsenic (variety whitneyite, minerals algodonite and domeykite), bismuth, iron, antimony, or mercury | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43... with all The color of most opaque minerals is white or gray in possible intermediate gradations. Luster...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado | | | Book (volume) | accurate detail and with many color and black-and-white illustrations, it describes the chemical composition... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert W. Kelley of the Department of Conservation;...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken | | | Journal (issue) | difficult to define. Certainly there are many other white metals, but the eye discerns a warm richness to...Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...............................19 by O. Johnsen Michigan Native silver occurrences in the copper mines...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson | | | Book (edition) | characteristic features shown in many black-and-white and color illustrations, over 100 in all. Peninent...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...Walters, J. L. Weiland, William R. West, John S. White, Jr., F. J. Wieczorek, David Vlll Acknowledgments...Apatite, Lazulite-Scorzalite, Cassiterite, Zircon, Algodonite and Domeykite, Rhodochrosite, W illemite, Sphene | | | Book | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation, | | | Catalog/List | COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...1.50 . 25 Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal FI. 1. 00 groups...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite . | | | Catalog/List | limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5... Austria 1 SWitzerland Aleine areas Fine large white twin xls on 1:;neisswith chlorite . ALLANITE Calcium | | | Book (volume) | and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey," by Charles Palache. U. S. Geol. Sur...Oregon. Placer County, Calif. Breckenridge, Oolo. Breckenridge, Colo. Placer County, Calif. Habit... malleable (calc, gold-yellow when silver- white to orange-red in Luster metallic. Opaque in all | | | Book (volume) | (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy | | | Book | brannerite. Larger additions have been made in the algodonite group and in the section on valleriite. The writer...Australia (f) G. M. F R I E D M A N , Troy, New York, USA G. FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto...Colorado U. P E T E R S E N , Cambridge, Mass., USA G. M. R A D I S I C S , Toronto, Canada J . R I M...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border |
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