 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Country flep)LOSO ofrhe Copper Range Company, White Pine, Michrgm Used wuh permission. Downloaded by...Ouray, Colorado 81427 he White Pine mine and adjacent town of White Pine are located about 6 miles south...the western part of Ontonagon County, Michigan. The area is accessible by Michigan Highway 64, which winds...to 500 feet in elevation above Lake Superior. The mine lies within a belt of copper-bearing Precambrian...Keweenaw Peninsula, a distance of 160 miles. The White Pine sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposit is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper mineralization in the White Pine-Presque Isle District, northern Michigan Alex C. Brown 1 Received:...finest-grained facies of Nonesuch greybeds in northern Michigan has been previously attributed to the warming...employed here to explain other unique aspects of the White Pine-Presque Isle mineralization: the abrupt downward...cupriferous zone; the absence of bornite and chalcopyrite in the cupriferous zone proper; and the essential...sulfide zoning . Latent volcanic heat . White Pine, Michigan Introduction Explanations for the genesis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Study Solving the Misidentification of CM21474: Michigan vs. Namibia MARC WILSON DEBRA L. WILSON Section...Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in...in length. Originally labeled as “Houghton County, Michigan,” it is now believed to have originated from...April 1980, it was labeled “Copper, Houghton County, Michigan.” Marc Wilson joined the CMNH staff in 1992...quickly recognized the locality attribution of Michigan as being questionable. The specimen was taken |  | | Catalog/List | | 28Qj 0° A®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns... Small Ml. £4 £4-°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. £4 £5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure |  | | 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 (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) | | Rock-Hosted Stratiform Copper Deposit, Upper Peninsula, Michigan Theodore J. Bornhorst1,† and William C. Williams2...Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, 1404 E. Sharon Avenue, Houghton, Michigan 49931 2 Orvana...Copperwood is located in Gogebic County, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, within the Porcupine Mountains copper...stratigraphically equivalent to that at the White Pine mine, but Copperwood lacks the structural complexity...manifested by the native Cu mineralization at White Pine. Reported Canadian National Instrument 43-101-compliant |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | pp. 543-573 Zoningin the White Pine Copper Deposit, OntonagonCounty, Michigan ALEXANDER C. BROWN Abstract...cupriferouszone in the lower NonesuchShale of Northern Michigan is characterizedby an abrupt zonationof Cu-Fe...actual upper limit of coppermineralization in the White Pine area occursat various stratigraphiclevels20 to...anomalouselevationsin the fringe surface. The White Pine fault is clearly a post-ore structure which offsets...is chalcocite, djurleite, digenite, bornitc, chalcopyrite and pyrite. Abnormal concentrationsof Cd and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | developing since 62 at least the early 1960's (e.g., White, 1960; Bartholom~, 1962). Many investigations have...y found in association with copper. The White Pine, Michigan deposit has significant concentrations of...copper mineralisation may be abrupt (e.g., at White Pine) which suggests that a clearly defined mineralisation...increasingly more iron-rich sulphides (e.g., bornite, chalcopyrite and pyrite) may be found in gradually increasing...mineralisation front as stated above. In one case (White Pine), an analysis of drill-core data (Brown, 1970 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VEIN-WALL PINE ROCK MINE, RELATIONSHIPS ONTONAGON ROBERT NO. 5 HERON IN THE WHITE CO., MICHIGAN...dominant facies of copper mineralization at White Pine, Michigan, is characterizedby a distinct relationshipof...fractures is of two in the White Pine mine is controlled by the dominant White Pine fault. These fractures...silver, blue chalcocite,covel- lite, bornite, chalcopyrite,and pyrite also occur in certain veins and probablyformed...outside the cupriferous sequence. INTRODUCTION ThE White Pine copper depositis located in the southwesternportion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Organic matter and copper mineralization at White Pine, Michigan, U.S.A. Jeffrey L. Mauk a and G.B. Hieshimab'"...Arbor, M148109, USA bGeology Department, lndiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA (Received May 21...Organic matter and copper mineralization at White Pine, Michigan, U.S.A. In: P.A. Meyers. L.M. Pratt and...events at White Pine, Michigan. Samples of the Proterozoic Nonesuch Formation from the White Pine mine and...direct reductant. Later compressional faulting at White Pine provided conduits for additional cupriferous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CARLSON MARK J. ELDER PO Box 234 Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 shawncarlson@hotmail.com markelder@juno...Copper Country’s underappreciated minerals. The White Pine mine produced some exceptional water-clear tabular...with copper, silver, and chalcopyrite (Wilson and Dyl 1992). The Phoenix mine also produced rare accessory...stumbled across a large exposed barite vein in Ontonagon County during a traverse conducted for a mineral...Shawn M. Carlson is a 1991 graduate (geology) of Michigan Technological University and a consulting diamond |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNDERLYING THE WHITE PINE-PRESQUE ISLE STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATION, NORTHERN MICHIGAN Alex C. Brown†...Formation of the ~50-km-wide White Pine-Presque Isle mining district, northern Michigan, has long been explained...the large Porcupine Volcanics dome underlying the mine district. Not only would caldera heat have warmed...Copper Harbor Conglomerate aquifer toward the White Pine-Presque Isle district. This lateral focus of...sediment-hosted stratiform copper mineralization of the White Pine-Presque Isle district, could be considered in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | othersizeabledeposits of this type,the Kupferschiefer andWhite Pine. In 1956, I had an all-too-brieflook at two of the...spending fouryearsin dailycontactwith the depositat White Pine. Since the depositsof this type are so rare and...thanwerethevariousspeakers on the New York panel. At White Pine, there is evidencepointingquite convincingly...diageneticfeaturesare perfectlypreserved in the ore. At White Pine, theseincludeslumpstructures,gradedbedding, and...Theseremarksassumea basicknowledgeof the district as describedin White and Wright's excellent article. 831 832 DISCUSSIONS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper-rich sulfides. The sequence pyrite -* chalcopyrite ~ bornite -* digenite -* chalcocite indicates...underlying the ore horizons. White (1960) noted that the cupriferous zone at the White Pine stratiform copper deposit...deposit of northern Michigan is not strictly conformable with bedding, and that the top of the cupriferous...is characterized by a narrow zone of pyrite~chalcopyrite--bornite--chalcocite overlain by anomalous concentrations...cadmium sulfide. Studies by Brown (1965, 1971) and White and Wright (1966) describe the emplacement of this |  | | Catalog/List | | radiating crystal rosettes (4mm - 10mm) on milky white druse of stilbite crystals (1mm - 2mm) obscuring...£287 3. HERKIMER DIAMOND, Herkimer County, New York State. USA. Classic doubly terminated colourless...£45 4. SCEPTRED QUARTZ CRYSTAL, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Two adjacent parallel sceptered colourless...50x35x30mm. £39 6. NATIVE COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA. A fine arborescent growth...CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia. Exquisite snowy white platcy cerussite crystals (<12mm) associated with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. March/April: Gold, Mystery wind mine, California. Pacific Mineral Museum specimen, Mark...calcite, Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff...SeptemberlOctober: Calcite with hematite inclusions, Lei Ping mine, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Werner Lieber specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZONING IN THE SHALE, NORTHERN WALTER S. WHITE BASAL MICHIGAN 7 NONESUCH • AND JAMES C. WRIGHT ABSTRACT...markedby the upward sequence,chalcocite-bornite-chalcopyrite-pyrite, and by the cadmium sulfide,greenockite...ageexposedin the westernpart of the Upper Peninsulaof Michigan (10, p. 407-408). A descriptionof this zoning...Director, U.S. Geological Survey. 1171 1172 W. S. WHITE AND J. C. WRIGHT •-;z ,-•øz J•LHflOD [ :11YHS...DlliHOOD SULFIDE MINERAL ZONI3?G IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN 1173 patterns in Fig. 1 relate to the mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 55, 1960, pp. 402-414 DISCUSSIONS THE WHITE PINE COPPER DEPOSIT Sir: Reno Sales (3) has offereda...n of the paperby Wright and myself(6) on the White Pine copperdeposit. Ira B. Joralemonhasaddeda brief...hydrothermalsolutions of magmaticorigin emanatingfrom the White Pine fault. The main thesisof our originalpaper was...planmapsshow"a closerelationship areallybetweenthe [White Pine] fault fissureandthe ore distribution ;" (b)...restrictedto one flank of the White Pine anticline,betweenthe crest and the White Pine fault. Joralemon(2) callsattentionalsoto |  | | Report (issue) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered.................................. . 13 Guadalupe County, N. Mex .........................................Garvin County, Okla ....................................................... . 18 Guadalupe County, N.Mex.......................................... . 23 White Pine, Mich ...................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Survey, National Center-MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received October 10, 1990; accepted after revision...Survey, National Center--MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA. tinent rift system (MRS) of North America is one...sulfide and native copper deposits of the White Pine mine area, and Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in the Duluth... ONIARIO WISCONSIN 3.6-1.85 1.85 'li'J i MICHIGAN ILLINOIS 1.5-1.4 i i 1.1 j ' i IZ IIII i...Locationof the rift south of LakeSuperiorin Minnesota,Michigan,Wisconsin,Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas is inferred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | post-depositional events played an important role in the "Mine Series" of Katanga, especially with regard to heavy...cobalt occur as sulfides in the unaltered ore. Chalcopyrite, bornite, digenite, chalcocite, carrollite,...among the copper and iron sulfides was: pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, copper sulfides. In many samples,...and polished sections, hand specimens, outcrops or mine walls, all show obvious relations between mineralization...sulfides, but these sulfides are pyrite with minor chalcopyrite. e) The rocks underlying the lower orebody are |
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