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Kaolinite from
Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144090
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144090:4
GUID (UUID V4):104a7fe8-304c-4d3f-9365-b0cb2c74d6a3
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) Detroit Graphite Company Graphite Quarry, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
95.1km (59.1 miles) American Mine (Sterling Mine; Old Boston), Marquette County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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
Report (issue)
University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put
Journal (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 .
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 (issue)
clay that typically contains three minerals: kaolinite, mica and quartz. The SRM consists of 60 grams...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
Journal (issue)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next...the Atlanta, a claim adjoining the Copper Queen mine. This claim This agreement was never honored by...in charge of exploration on the the Copper Queen mine in a foot race with a horse and rider over a Atlanta...into peon­ the choice of cash or a share of the mine, he reflected, “the cash age. Judge G. H. Berry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e a r s o r g e conglornero t e .... @ Quincy mine @ Allouez no. 3 shaft Other detailed sections...GEOI.OGIC M A P O F SOME PEGMATITIC LAVA FLOWS, MICHIGAN C O P P E R D I S T R I C T Downloaded from https://pubs...SERIES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN By HENRY R. CORNWALL ABSTRACT Five lava flows...flows in the Keweenawan series of the Michigan copper district have been studied and chemical analyses made...Amherst user 160 H. R. CORNWALL—KEWEENAWAN LAVAS, MICHIGAN ILLUSTRATIONS Figuie Page 1. Section across the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Collins; d — Dunlop); LZ — Lazenby Lake; W — Wolverine Point; LL — Locker Lake; O — Otherside; D — Douglas;...minor mudstone. Sequence 3 (Lazenby Lake and Wolverine Point formations) is composed of sandstone, siltstone...for igneous zircon in tuffaceous units in the Wolverine Point Formation (Rainbird et al., 2007), and a...(Bosman et al., 2012). This core penetrated the Wolverine Point, Lazenby Lake, Manitou Falls, and Read formations...with minor mudstone and pebbly sandstones. The Wolverine Point Formation is made of fine to medium sandstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Group: Otherside Formation Locker Lake Formation Wolverine Point Formation Lazenby Lake Formation Manitou... and phosphatic mudstones (the Lazenby Lake, Wolverine Point, Locker Lake, Otherside and Tuma Lake formations...quartz, spherulitic dravite, dolomite, and rare kaolinite (Fig. 4a). Uraninite is often partially altered...MFd members), Lazenby Lake Formation (LzL), and Wolverine Point Formation (Wpa and WPb members; Ramaekers...Illite Chlorite Uraninite Spherulitic dravite Kaolinite Euhedral quartz Carbonates Pyrite Chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
earth oxides (TREO) (Northern Minerals 2018). Wolverine is the largest known single deposit, with a total...with other REE deposits from across the globe, Wolverine is of relatively low tonnage and low grade (Fig...sought-after HREE (HREE = 89% by mass of TREO at Wolverine; see Table 1). The recognition and characterization...Craton Miner Deposita a WA NT 15 km b c Wolverine Wiso Basin (Cambrian-Ordovician) Fig. 4 Birrindudu...Lake Bear Lodge 1 Maoniuping Sandkopsdrif Wolverine Lovozero Strange Lake 4 10 RE T( ) O3 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lower Fair Point sequence, the Manitou Falls-Wolverine Point sequence, and the upper Locker Lake-Douglas...silty marine to lacustrine clastic formations (Wolverine Point and Douglas Formations, respectively) cap...Falls c and d (MFc, MFd), Lazenby Lake (LzL), Wolverine Point a and b (WPa, WPb), Locker Lake (LL), and...minerals. The dominant clay mineral is kaolin (kaolinite-to-dickite conversion series), which was replaced...sandstone; minor thin siltstone and mudstone beds Wolverine Point B WPb Very fine- to medium-grained sandstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ManitouFalls, Falls,Lazenby LazenbyLake, Lake,Wolverine WolverinePoint, Point, bottom Locker Lake, Otherside...fluvial sandstone, with the exception of the Wolverine Point sedimentary units consist of fluvial sandstone...sandstone, with the exception of the Wolverine Point Formation(marginal (marginalmarine marine mudston...amountsdickite, of kaolinite, sudoite, iron oxides consists of variable of kaolinite, illite, dickite,...includeminerals quartz (mainly overgrowths), growths), kaolinite, dickite, illite, hematite, anatase, fluorapatite
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
five formations: Manitou Falls, Lazenby Lake, Wolverine Point, Locker Lake and Otherside (Laverret .,...overgrowths, (3) kaolin sub-group minerals (kaolin: kaolinite and dickite of the kaoliniteÿdickite series) as...with only minor Al-bearing phases, including kaolinite, illite, sudoite and dravite (Quirt, 1995). In...(3) any remaining Al and Fe are allocated to kaolinite and hematite, respectively. The normative mineral...(Quirt ., 1991). The ideal structural formula of kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) has been used for all kaolin sub-group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMMUNICATIONS formations, (3) Lazenby Lake and Wolverine Point formations, and (4) Locker Lake, Otherside...exception of the Fair Point Formation (debris flows), Wolverine Point Formation (marginal marine mudstone/siltstone/...reported from locally reworked tuff layers in the Wolverine Point Formation (Rainbird et al., 2007), and U-Pb...fluorapatite in the Smart, Manitou Falls, and Wolverine Point formations (Cumming et al., 1987; Rainbird...300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 Wolverine Point Fm (1644±13) (Rainbird et al., 2007) Douglas
Report (issue)
File BD002 Site name(s): Beaver Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: BD002 Quadrangle: BD D-5 Latitude: 64...Goodpaster River provides access up Divide Creek to the mine. The Blue Lead and Blue Lead Extension mines are...are located near an ore processing mill. The mine shaft entrances and ore processing mill were still accessible...fine grained. However, veins at the Grizzly Bear mine (EDO 18) contain relatively coarse gold, which is...is easily visible in hand specimen. The Blue Lead mine is centered on a 2.5 foot wide quartz vein containing
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
accompany the regional diagenetic-hydrothermal illite-kaolinite-dickite assemblage in the Athabasca Group sandstones...environments include Carlsbad Cavern in the southwest USA, where natroalunite and alunite precipitated with...and Hg-sulfides, barite, realgar, orpiment, and kaolinite (Arehart 1996). They are also associated with...Gleichenberg, Austria, where alunite along with kaolinite, smectite, and opal-CT constitute the alteration...by Lazenby Lake Formation quartz arenite and Wolverine Point Formation interbedded mudstone and tuffaceous
Book
avec l'editeur. Gold-rich specimen fro1n the Don,e Mine, Tim1nins, Ontario that was presented to GSC in... may change the para1neters of the mathematical mine n1odel referred to above. Modifications to the 1nine...l-producing mines closed and only one (Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu mine in Labrador) opened. On the brighter side, the potential...sill in western Quebec, and the closed Rankin Inlet mine in Nunavut (Eckstrand and Hu lbe1t, 2007). Perhaps...from lode gold deposits, notab ly the Hope Brook mine of Newfoundland in an accreted Neoproterozoic continental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
undivided Smart or Manitou Falls formations, W = Wolverine Point. Red stars represent major uranium deposits...Formation, and siltstones and mudstones of the Wolverine Point Formation. Sequence 4 includes sandstones...instance, the orebody in the Deilmann pit at Key Lake mine is mainly controlled by the WSW-striking and moderately...(Fig. 2), mainly illite, chlorite, tourmaline, kaolinite, silicification, or desilicification, with dimensions...deposit. The relatively mud rich and fine grained Wolverine Point Formation has been considered to be a physical
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...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
place after the emplacement of the diabase dikes. Kaolinite and uranophane form last in the paragenetic sequence... tik Key L. West Bear W la ol on st te Pe Mine, Developed Prospect FORMATIONS OF THE ATHABASCA...2007). Sequence 3 comprises the Lazenby Lake and Wolverine Point Formations. Quartz arenite with minor quartz...Athabasca Basin. Above the Lazenby Lake is the Wolverine Point Formation, which comprises interbedded mudstone...roughly 1644 ± 13 Ma (Rainbird et al., 2003). The Wolverine Point Formation is unconformably overlain by the
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;
 
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