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| Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, «Ahmoek SLE ROYALE... Ontonagan Indian My ‘Vv Lake Linden ee .-HOUGHTON Reservation ba 33 vo South Range. > eo ...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 |
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| 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...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan................................... |
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| $5.00 DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY Picture painted by Clyde S. Mikkola. Courtesy of Tom and Lani...Lani Hendricks Poynter, Delaware Copper Mine Tours. By Clarence J. Monette TWENTY-EIGHTH OF A LOCAL HISTORY...org/details/delawareminemichO0O00mone DELAWARE MINE MICHIGAN ITS HISTORY COPYRIGHT January 13, 1987 Clarence...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-27-2...churchs Ot telce Organizations second school Copper mining Several companys company Lac La Belle |
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| native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e...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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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...Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v.v. 40, 1 PREFACE PREFACE In 1983 1983..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake |
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| filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near...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 |
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| Tracing the Source of Native Copper Mineral Specimens Downloaded by [Library Services City University... with Copper Isotope Values A Case Study Solving the Misidentification of CM21474: Michigan vs. Namibia...collecting native copper specimens for analysis from the rock piles of the Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale...Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in the distance. Marc Wilson photo...Minerals: Specimen CM21474 showing small, distorted copper crystals in a large arborescent grouping, 27.5 |
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| CLIFTON and the CLIFF MINE Miners breaking up a giant mass of pure copper. One mass found on the...wide, and weighed three hundred tons at the Cliff Mine. By Clarence J. Monette FIFTY-THIRD OF A LOCAL...CLIFF MINE COPYRIGHT January 30, 1999 Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945...asc 32 PONS: WO.t Gai @Clos ee eye Medical Copper SOU service mining le ee Slater ----------------...andmpostone copper Herpor Mining Company of Pittsburgh. It was always knownvas first copper the mine Cliff |
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| 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 |
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| in the various serialized articles on the Michigan Copper Country by Tom Rosemeyer (including the one...some browns and darker reddish shades imparted by copper inclusions. It exhibits a vitreous luster and is...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found...green datolite crystals from the Second Sovietski mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. The 18.5 ⫻ |
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| COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...05:05 09 June 2012 Lake Superior Native Copper District Fifteenth in a series of articles on the mines...Michigan’s Copper Country 298 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Considered by some to be the finest copper specimen...world, this 6 × 8-cm crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of...and the piece is now on display in the special Copper Country collection case; Jeff Scovil photo. Downloaded |
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| 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...year as his early journey to the Lake Superior copper district. The back of the photo indicates it was...Christopher J. Stefano (1849–1933) One of the Copper Country’s Greatest Mineral Collectors A TRUE “RENAISSANCE...exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. A lover of the |
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| and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. By...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-37-X...fire Copper tower Mining Company Company Company and Company Mining Mining Copper Keweenaw Company;...Belle lies at the foot of Mount Bohemia in Keweenaw County. The French name Lac La Belle means "beautiful..."beautiful lake." This area of Grant Township is in fact becoming an attraction for tourists and fishermen |
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| the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected...collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including...Montclair and Verona in Essex County, the Houdaille quarry at Summit in Union County, and quarries near Millington...Millington, Morris County. Good specimens are similarly reported from Plainfield and the Chimney Rock and |
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| Through the Scope Copper Inclusions in Quartz Microcrystals From Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER...Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior copper district is world...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...the heyday of copper mining (1860–1940). This article focuses on the lesser-known copper inclusions in...been collected throughout the district. The native copper deposits occur in the Portage Lake Volcanics that |
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| 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 |
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| • s TH£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...fifties, still work the mile-deep stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..•.....•........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN • 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition • 1964 This edition was published |
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| Figure 1. Sibyl and Bill Severance, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1953, well before he started collecting...The Kegel azurite, 15.2 cm, 6th level east, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pictured in Gem & Mineral Treasures...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...Kegel was the mine director at Tsumeb and the general manager of the company that owned the mine from 1922 |
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| Lake Superior copper deposits, home to the world’s largest occurrence of native copper. Indeed, many...sport flecks of native copper, and specimens exist of datolite intergrown with copper crystals, but that’s...that’s getting ahead of the story. Michigan’s Copper Country datolite has been collected, prized, fashioned...in celebrating the rich mineral heritage of the Keweenaw Peninsula’s datolite by diving into this article...Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS |
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| E. Seaman Mineral Museum of Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, when the Tucson show committee...committee selected one of its copper specimens to represent the Minerals of the Midwest show theme. Pictured...poster is a 13-cm copper crystal group from the Phoenix mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan. The specimen photo...background photo of the Phoenix mine came from Michigan Tech’s Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection |
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| 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 |
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| The Mineral Collection of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan JOHN M. ZAWISKIE Cranbrook Institute of Science...Science 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303 jzawiskie@cranbrook.edu C ranbrook Institute...miles northwest of downtown Detroit in southeast Michigan and attracts approximately 175,000 visitors per...Standish Backus family; all were members of the Michigan Mineral- ogical Society (MMS), which was established... Figure 4. Silver, 23 cm, Keweenaw mining district, Houghton County, Michigan, Robert Heinsleigh photo |
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| 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach, much...discovered as bright blue crystals in drill core from a copper prospect in the Santa Rita Mountains, was described...veinlets and in small masses. Kinoite is hydrous copper calcium silicate with the formula Ca2Cu2Si3O8(OH)4...suggests, it is found exclusively associated with copper occurrences of several types. In Arizona, it is...mineral in vugs and veinlets in skarn, and in Michigan it occurs as a rare constituent of amygdule fillings |
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| 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 |
Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA