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| Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...Copper Country Native copper as well as native silver and a variety of gangue minerals were deposited...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton |
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| at the Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan -- Downloaded by [University of Michigan] at 08:51...Figure 1. The 1996 mining crew at the 4th level, Caledonia adit. Left to right, Clyde Gruver, Jim Brooks...Photo by Ted Bornhorst, October 1996. T he Caledonia mine, owned by Red Metal Minerals, is located at...southern end of the famous Michigan native copper district and is the last operating mine on the copper range...specimen-mining activity in 1996. History The Caledonia Mining Company started mining operations in 1863 |
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| Keweenaw, memories of arborescent groups of copper and silver crystals, colorful porcelaneous nodules of datolite...courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was...came with the closing of the White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, in September 1995. New, stringent environmental |
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| nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |
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| 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 I first went to the mine in the spring of...along with naĀ tive copper and, more rarely, native silver could be found. Microminerals were plentiful, especially...and epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought by Richard Whiteman, president...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the reĀ covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an |
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| iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper 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 . |
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| 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;...made the first systematic explorations on which Michigan laid its claim to the region. Houghton lost his...nation's first major mining boom. In 1845, the Cliff mine became the first successful operaĀ tion, but soon |
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| Exceptional Silver Vein in Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER Figure 1. The best silver/copper specimen...7.0 cm and is composed of silver and lesser amounts of copper. The silver/copper was encased in weathered...Jaszczak photo (October 2017). 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Twenty-sixth...native silver vein located in Keweenaw County, Michigan, was made by Doug Miller of Calumet, Michigan. Miller...several important discoveries of concealed copper/silver-bearing veins and has recovered tons of āfloat |
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| University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...metals. Historical analyses have indicated traces of silver, arsenic, iron, bismuth, antimony, mercury, selenium...āporphyry coppers.ā It is frequently associated with silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...pseudomorphous after cuprite, and copper coated with silver has been reported from a number of mines, including |
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| February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from Lake...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...the White Pine mine at the southern end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off |
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| Figure 1. Map showing Hancock where the float silver that was recovered from the glacial till was found;...57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net An UNUSUAL Glacial Silver Find In...of Michiganās Copper Country F loat copper and silver are defined as chunks of those native metals that...formed to where they would ultimately be found. In Michigan this took place during multiple periods of continental...experienced over the past 2 million years. The copper and silver were transported by glacial ice, and when melting |
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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...NoneĀ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |
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| News from the Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which |
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| Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...Houghton and Keweenaw counties, Michigan. Every summer in the Copper Country, mine dumps from a bygone era of...copper mining are being crushed and hauled off the mine sites. The crushed rock is mainly used for road...mistakenly ended up in the mine dumps. The lucky person may also find silver in association with copper...locality. Collected at the Tamarack Jr. No. 1 mine, Houghton County, by Tom Rosemeyer, 11 August 2012. John |
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| 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 |
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| Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .............................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.................................................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 |
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| Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issueās Connoisseurās...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |
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| Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |
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| A Treasure TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Unearthed...August 2013 by Jay and Chad Just near Calumet, Michigan. The boulder was ripped loose from the conglomerate...Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...construction of Figure 2. Map showing Calumet, Michigan, where the glaciated copperbearing Calumet and...this article float Other Articles In This Upper Michigan Series Downloaded by [UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE |
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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 |
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| recently in the various serialized articles on the Michigan Copper Country by Tom Rosemeyer (including the...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 ā«»...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and |
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| REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver in Michigan...Emigration - Character of the Emigrants - Gold and Silver Mines The Overland Stage Line . PLEA FOR A METALLIC...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The...BROKERS ' AND PUBLIC SALES .. 151 152 NEW YORK CITY BANKS , CAPITALS, DIVIDENDS, AND PRICES . 156 ...STOCKS, CAPITALS, DEBTS, AND DIVIDENDS... NEW YORK CITY BANKS , CAPITALS, DIVIDENDS, AND PRICES... 218 |
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| MADE HIS FORTUNE... COPPER SMELTING AT DETROIT , MICHIGAN ...... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT........ 17 21 22...Petroleum Company, of New York , New York and Michigan Silver -Lead Company - L'Anse Mining Company, Lake...ETC ......... 62 , 126, 191 , 319 , 383 NEW YORK CITY BANKS - CAPITALS, PRICES, ETC ....................IRREGULARITIES, ETC. , OF > 129 COAL BEDS .. AN EXHUMED CITY ON THE FRENCH COAST 143 MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS OF...Embracing Oil , Coal, Iron , Lead, Copper , Gold , and Silver -- For Sale at the Real Estate and Mineral Land |
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| Historic State Park 13700 13.25 LaneĀ Ā Garden, Michigan 49835 Tel: (906) 644-2603 Keweenaw Peninsula Jill...Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton...Rocks National Lakeshore P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 49862 Tel: (906) 387-2607 / Email: David_Kronk@nps...Mountains Wilderness State Park 412 S. Boundary Road, Ontonagon, MI 49953 Tel: (906) 885-5206 / Email: spraguer@michigan...Mining Engineering and Sciences (adjunct) Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 Tel: (906) 227-1176 |
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| Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS...81MINERALS ā .1-. . TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 rosemeyer@ocinet...Florida] at 00:43 01 January 2015 1. Cliff mine 2. Phoenix mine 3. Centralmine 4. Central Exploration 5...of mines 6. Mandan SW-vel pit 7. IronCity(Empire)mine 8. Capemine 9. Clatkmine 10. starmine 11. Keweenaw...Roseineyer is a native of Upper Michigan arid a graduate of Michigan Technological Universip in Hoirghton |
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