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Sphalerite from
Huron County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Chalcedony1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Huron County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:162073
Long-form Identifier:1:3:162073:3
GUID (UUID V4):d21c1eb8-dcb5-4861-8f7d-99441891547b
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Wallace Stone Company Quarry (Wallace Quarry; Bayport Quarry), Bay Port, Huron County, Michigan, USA
Point Aux Barques lighthouse, Port Austin township, Huron County, Michigan, USA
Bauer Well, Sebewaing township, Huron County, Michigan, USA
Henry Muller Well, Sebewaing township, Huron County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295, USA Correspondence:...twinning, but epitaxically oriented on wurtzite–sphalerite crystals from the gem mines near Merelani, Lelatema...voids. The ordering of the metal atoms leads to a sphalerite(sph)-derivative tetragonal unit-cell, with a...detailed study of the chemistry of intergrown sphalerite and wurtzite, which included samples the Merelani...Bolivia, was recently published [8]. The Merelani sphalerite and wurtzite are Mn-rich, and were found to contain
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 (edition)
(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John...M ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ............................... Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County........ Location .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at mouth of Silver Creek near Edinburg, Portage County. Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone...septarium, Copperas Mountain near Spargursville, Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo. Figure 3. Map showing mineral...feature of the black shales in the Late Devonian Huron Shale. Two beds of concretions separated by 5-7...vein minerals; pyrite, marcasite, aragonite, sphalerite, and whewellite (calcium oxalate) are less abundant...aragonite. whcwellile, apatite, sphalerite Late Devonian black shales (Huron Shale) irnnMune siderite.
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)
(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 (article/letter/editorial)
of Bellevue in southern Lower Michigan (Bellevue Township in Eaton County). Map courtesy of Jack Wolford...Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 allan.blaske@gmail.com Bellevue Eaton County Michigan Figure 2. Location...of quarries in the Bellevue area. 1, 2, and 3 = Michigan Alkali, Burt Portland Cement Company and Alpha...Blaske is a native of southwest Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...geologist in the Lansing, Michigan, area. W hen collectors think of Michigan minerals, the famous copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tewksbuty, Great Britain; and Dr. George W. Robinson, Michigan Technological University. Part 1 of the abstracts... PENFIELD QUARRY, MONROE COUNTY NEW YORK, AND WALWORTH QUARRY, WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORK: PAST AND PRESENT...shiny brassy pyritohedral crystals up to 5 mm; sphalerite as reddish-brown irregular crystals up to 3 cm;...thick yellow to tan coatings of alteration on sphalerite crystals; and sulfur as lemon-yellow dipyramidal...cm. In recent years outstanding specimens of sphalerite have been consistently produced, ranging from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of the Huron River Shale Fire Huron County, Ohio Figure 2. Map showing Huron County, Ohio; prepared...Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California...pioneer arrived at Parachute Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, and found the area appealing enough...the 1970s by an “old-timer” living in Garfield County. It came to mind while he was descending through...gases on a visit to the Huron River shale fire in Ohio forty years later. Huron County, in north-central Ohio
Report (issue)
Alabama Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia...disconformities. Simple mineralogy (predominantly sphalerite, galena, barite, fluorite, calcite, dolomite...rock is coal or peat from which occurrences of sphalerite or anomolously high amounts of zinc have been...described from Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York. Sphalerite, galena, and barite have been reported from numerous...sandstone- or shale-hosted deposits. Occurrences of sphalerite in coal from Illinois and Pennsylvania have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEVONIAN HURON SHALE, NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO L arge septarian concretions are abundant in the Huron Shale...along Scioto Brush Creek in Adams County, Paint Creek in Ross County, the Olentangy River in Franklin...Franklin and Delaware counties, and the Huron River in Huron and Erie counties (Clifton 1957; Criss, Cooke, and...2002). This article describes the mineralogy of the Huron River portion of the belt, which is not well known...fine Huron River specimens for the past ten years. Discontinuous cliffs are present along the Huron River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona and...white milky quartz of the district and a black sphalerite in alternate bands each about Vs" wide and remarkably...Franklin Co., Kansas. KENTUCKY—For many years Elliott County, in eastern Kentucky, has been known as a possible...reason for these many attempts is that in Elliott County is found a rock, called kimberlite, which is identical...attempt is being made to find diamonds in Elliott County—this time by core drilling. Part of the clipping
Report (volume)
Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book... 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...water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana...Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio hugs the edge of Lake Erie. These states were
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along...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
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Book
Graphite.—Lot 3, range II. of Grenville, Argenteuil county, Q.—Coll., R. Bell, 1856. (1228.) — columnar.——Lot...Ottawa county, Q.— Coll., H. G. Monae 1877. (1249.) — Walker’s property, Buckingham, Ottawa county, Q.—Coll...Ottawa county, Q.—Coll., Table-case 49, E. D. Ingall, 1891. (5186.) — Lochaber, Ottawa county, Q. (1254...pyrite.)—Lot 3, range I. of Denbigh, Addington county, O. (1238.) Native Arsenic.—Seven miles up Watson...Antimony.—Lot 28, range I. of South Ham, Wolfe county, Q.—Coll., J. Richardson, 1875. (1248.) ~ = with
Report (issue)
16 and 17, Con. XI, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. ROM:M31141 This specimen was collected... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sphalerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...localities under each species are broken down by county (or district), township, con cession, and lot,...would begin like this: ZIRCON ZrSiO 4 HASTINGS COUNTY FARADAY TOWNSHIP Concession XI, Lot 16, 17 Faraday...cases, what he thought was the nearest place. Some county and township names are misleading, as the actual
Report (volume)
............................................. Michigan ............................................................................................. Michigan ............................................................................................. Michigan ..........................'...... ....I.........Alabama, McCalley, 3819. Iron ore mines in Jefferson County, Castlcnian, 777. Leaf impressions in the Eocene...papers, Van Hise, 5680. Crystal Falls district, Michigan, Van Hise, 5709. Current pre-Cambrian North American
Report (volume)
............................................. Michigan..........:..J....................................... Harmon County plains...................................... 127 127 Alfalfa County plain......... 128 Blaine County plain........................................ 128 Beckham County plain............................:.......... Jackson County plains. ..................................... 128 129 Bibliography................................... 137 Churchill County...............................................
Journal (issue)
... pena aeed MATERIALS USED BY THE SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INDIANS IN 29 THE FLAKING OF STONE ARTIFACTS...collections and rockhound shows all the way from Michigan to Mexico last year and |] also went to mines...on an outing to the Kankakee River in Kankakee County, Illinois. Numerous flint spalls were the first...Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, and the University of Michigan. The splendid cooperation received from a number...been found in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. The ESCONI group plans to do more work at this
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...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
 
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