 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Porcelaneous Datolite in MichiganÕs Lake Superior Copper District Figure 1. A rare and beautiful yellow...nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...A. Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious...descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only mud and ice for...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens of copper, datolite, calcite...afford little material of interest besides the usual copper and silver. With mounting discouraging trips, we...particularly pumpellyite and chlorastrolite and copper xls can only be fully appreciated by use of a microscope...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible |  | | Book | | Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, «Ahmoek SLE ROYALE...Ishpeming + HiUM boig, «Palmer «Republic SOME COPPER COUNTRY NAMES AND PLACES COPYRIGHT May 23, 1975...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...ice a nineOo by Copper Island Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S...this. NOTE publication indicates, here are "Some Copper Country Names and Places." I realize that not |  | Cornwall, H.R., Runner, J.J., Stromquist, A.A., Swanson, R.W., White, W.S. (1949) Detailed geologic map of the recently active copper mines; Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Open-File Report Vol. 1949 (50-4) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr504 | Report (issue) | | maps of recently active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J.................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy......... 12 The Ore..................... 13 Iroquois Exploration............ 16 Introduction... ..... 16 Structure, 17 17 18 Distribution of copper > Kearsarge lode, 19 19 Stratigraphy, .. 19...Distribution of copper,.*»...................... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft |  | | 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) | | with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson. |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...J. the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983) for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER C. D. HOHL, No. 7................................ 686 Presenceof Copper ...... : ........................................previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...Love11, President, Calumet and Hecla Consol{dated Copper Company. 675 676 T. M. BRODERICK, C. D. HOHL...publicationof ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby |  | | Report (issue) | | filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...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) | | MINERAL SERIES, RICHARD E. ZONING IN MICHIGAN STOIBER THE COPPER AND EDWARD PORTAGE DISTRICT LAKE...the Portage Lake lava series ..... Relationshipof copper occurrenceto the mineral zones ..................of the Michigan copper district ......................... Mineralogyof amygdaloidalrock on mine dumps...Portage Lake lava seriesof the KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan, three overlappingamygdulemineral zones--prehnite...seriesthroughoutthe Lake Superior basin is like that of Keweenaw Peninsula,indicating that the mineral zones have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan's Copper Country Rocks & Minerals 2001.76:156-188. Tom...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 occurs...(chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that occur in the Portage...Lake Volcanics (PLV) and the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. The native-copper deposits can be further divided |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Michigan’s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents.......................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ............................................................ 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country .........................................Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush...Michigan’s Copper Country – CMG 92 01 - page 1 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had |  | | Report (volume) | | DIBECTOB BULLETIN 559 RESULTS-OF SPIRIT LEVELING MICHIGAN 1911 AND 1913 R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF GEOGRAPHER...done in cooperation with the State of Michigan, through the Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, R................. . Houghton quadrangle (Houghton County)..........:.................... Appendix A: Elevations...inserted at G. B and /), Copper temporary bench mark, consisting of a nail and copper washer. A, C\ and E...no rock. PLATE RESULTS OF SPIRIT LEVELING IN MICHIGAN IN 1911 AND 1913. R. B. MARSHALL, Chief Geographer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum No SUMMER GETAWAY Keweenaw Week will be held 3-10 August in Houghton, Michigan, at the center of the...the state’s historic Lake Superior copper district in the Upper Peninsula. The celebration of minerals...the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum on the campus of Michigan Technological University. Other activities include...include twenty-six collecting trips to bulldozed mine sites, underground collecting tours, a sunset rock...Humboldt, Iroquois, Knowlton, LaSalle, Madison, Minesota, Ogima, Osceola, Saint Clair, Seneca, and Wolverine |  | | Report (issue) | | THE REPORT The assistants were furnished by the Michigan Geo logical Survey durjng part of the work in...1905; L. H. Wood, of the Western Normal School of Michigan, in 1908; 1. D. Scott, of the geological department...university student, in 1912; and R. W. Peterson, of the Michigan Agricul tural College, in 1919. In the Minnesota...report embraces the entire northern peninsula of Michigan and the parts of northern Wisconsin and northeastern...basins of Lake Michigan and Lake IIuron. There is, however, a slnall area in Iron County nnd southeastern |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZONING IN SERIES, MICHIGAN RICHARD E. STOIBER THE PORTAGE LAKE LAVA COPPER DISTRICT AND EDWARD...PAGE Age and origin of the amygduleminerals and copper ................... Chemical changes in the Kearsarge.............. Conclusionsas to the origin of the copper ........................... 1444 1447 1457 References...AND ORIGIN OF THE AMYGDULE MINERALS AND COPPER Discussionof the age and origin of the amygdulemineralsis...the origin of the amygdule minerals exclusiveof copper. The chemicalsforming these minerals and the associatedrock |  | | Book | | GRAVE Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines LARRY LANKTON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS New...life, work, and death at p.cm. the Lake Superior copper mines./ Larry Lankton. Includes bibliographical...(pap) 1. Copper industry and trade—Michigan—Keweenaw Peninsula—History. 2. Copper miners—Michigan—Keweenaw...¥ mS Preface It is quite possible that the Keweenaw was in the long run the most profitable of any...Perhaps the reason for its lack of fame outside Michigan itself is that its annals, like those of happy |  | | Journal (issue) | | ) I ' Ha shi on the Copper rontier Development of Michigan's Cliff Mine ( 1845-1870) by Paul Chrastina...into Kansas, as well as southeast through central Michigan, perhaps as far as western Tennessee. Today, the...this issue Hardship on the Copper Frontier: Development of Michigan's Cliff Mine (1845-1870) ........................................36 northern Michigan. The Keweenaw Peninsula is a narrow promontory, 70 miles...rhyolites, a super- "When large masses ofnative Copper were encountered, tiny were attacked by three man |  | | Book (volume) | | vel The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN The Encyclopedia of MICHIGAN FOURTH ae EDITION ease VOLUME... INTRODUCTION There is no such thing as a “‘typical’? Michigan citizen; although some other states may have...easily conform to any one type. One reason is that Michigan has such a great diversity in natural characteristics:...pines northward; the battered dunes of the Lake Michigan shores; and the regimented rows of hand-reared...of inland lakes, the Straits of Mackinac divide Michigan into two units, a feature unknown by any other |  | | Report (issue) | | flows near Grand Portage, Minn., gabbro in Cook County, Minn., sedimentary rocks of the Sibley Series...group includes the Portage Lake Lava Series on the Keweenaw Peninsula and most of the North Shore Volcanic...of investigation lies in parts of the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota adjacent to Lake Superior...Logan sills Alona Bay lavas Sibley Series Baraga County dikes PALMER <1970> DATA rn 14. 15. 16. 17. ...Keweenawan lava flows on Mamainse Point rn ~~ISLAND Keweenaw Point > t"4 10. 11. 12. 13. MICHIPICOTEN sllrtitroit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean R. Rentmeister .................CA. Host, Gem and Mineral Society ol San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan, P.O. Box 53, NAS Mollett Field, CA...Mineralogy Society. Annual Show. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Kennewick, WA. 10-10 and 10-6. Donald...Soc:lety. Annual " Artistry from Nature." Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA. 10-10 and 10-5. Ed Turner...Howard County Gem, Mineral and Artlfact Show. Host. Big Spring• Proapec:ton Club. Howard County Fair Bldg |  | | Report (issue) | | Ottawa. Uren Prehistoric Village Site, Oxford County, Ontario. By W. J . Wintemberg. Bulletin 51, Anthropological...iron ax-bead from Quebec. From G. C. Monture: Iroquois corn brea...Lemieux ( J.-M.) Collection: 50 song texts from Gaspe county, Que. The Traquair (Ramsay) Collection: 277 photographs...University lVIuseum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. Anderson gave an address on "Mammal...proceeded to Trout lake and lake Pourri, Labelle county Quebec returning August 25 with 107 specimens of |
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