 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 08 January 2015 The Occurrence of Porcelaneous Datolite in MichiganÕs Lake Superior Copper District Figure...beautiful yellow datolite nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona...of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite collectors have sought...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 |  | | 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) | | large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...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 . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROCLINE IN THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN Ina KrorN, Stanf ord, U ni.oersity, C al'iJorni...intensive mining activity in the copper country of Michigan, and detailed study of the native copper deposits...amounts "in all the mines from Keweenaw Point to Ontonagon" in association with analcite, as the "last formed...650-654 (1900). 643 IRA KLEIN on which the Calumet Mine was sunk, pointing out its adularialike habit and...is aware of only two such localities outside of Michigan from which secondary feldspar is reported. A "pink |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ' 136 Hampton Roads Ave. Hampton, Virginia ROCKLAND COUNTY CLUB HOLDS SHOW The Y.M.C.A. building in Nyack... was the scene on October 1 & 2, 1960, of Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society's first Mineral and...found in a coal seam 1200 feet deep. The Fulton County Mineral Club (Gloversville, N. Y.) continues its...Valochovic. Reta Palmer gave away surplus specimens of datolite from Connecticut. The Western South Carolina Gem...movies of the Midwest Federation Convention held in Michigan. September and October field trips were made to |  | | Journal (issue) | | A New Occurrence of Allophane From the Laochang Mine, Gejiu City, Yunnan, China Tony Nikischer Excalibur...exceptional allophane specimens from the Laochang Mine (see figure I) came as a complete surprise. Our...neither species had previously been reported from this mine, best known for its pale blue hemimorphite. Figure...colorful specimenof allophane from the laochang Mine, near Gejiu City in YunnanProvince.This sample providedthe...Gem-Grade Chrysocolla From Ontonagon County, Michigan Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter.net This story begins |  | | Book | | ONTONAGAN. Indiana. Pine .Moss sRocklond. ONTONAGON Rousseau. .Chossell Jocobsville ~Donken Arnheim...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S As the title of this. NOTE...four counties of Baraga, Houghton Keweenaw and Ontonagon are listed, as this is but a small book. fhe data...---------cr Assinins Astor Point -------------7-7-777 Mine Atlantic -------------7--- 17 in —To -— qe tint |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jersey, for zeolite, stilbite, prehnite, chabasite, datolite, apophyllite, calcite, chalcedony, ouartz and...from the Staunton State Park to Altavista (Bishop Mine) the hunting is for turquois crystals. Then beyond...Waynesboro, Route 702, South River Mine (Kelly Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are...608 to Old Coal Mine ROCKS AND MINERALS Road to Cold Springs Clay Mine, Augusta County can be found kaolinite...new E.F.M.L.S. member Society, the St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam. A copy of the Newsletter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County. Her subject was pointers on collecting and collecting...Baltimore had a field trip to the Mt. View Lead Mine at ROCKS AND MINERALS Union Bridge, Maryland ....Carolina Mineral Club, Inc., went to the Silver Hill Mine near Asheboro . . . . The Richmond Gem and Mineral...which the Alaska Club conducted . . . To look for datolite and other goodies the Nashoba Valley Mineral Society...Floyd Mortensons of Pontiac, Michigan, presented a slide program on "Michigan Mines and Minerals" for the |  | | 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) | | MINERALS in the Faraday Mine at Bancroft, Ontario. He says that this datolite comes from the 3C0 foot...question and answer period. Connecticut The Litchfield County Mineral Club, Torrington, held its first Annual...new localities for their members at the Tiger Bill Mine and Emmon's Ledge, Maine. W e have received word...Swap, on Route 116 near Adams, is near the Betts Mine known for Massachusetts Rhodonite. ROCKS AND MINERALS...nice memories of wonderful people."—The VitUon County Mineral Club, Gloversville, wrote a summarizing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | This is the case for the Tilley Foster mine (Putnam County), which was well described by Nightingale...geology and mineralogy of the Sterling mine, Antwerp (Jefferson County), which were well documented by Robinson...district; 3. Lyon Mountain mines; 4. Benson mine; 5. Jayville mine; 6. Chub Lake prospect; 7. Antwerp-Keen...Rock mine; 9. Clintontype; 10. Columbia County iron mines (Burden iron mine); 11. Dutchess County iron... Tahawus mine. Figure 2 (below). An old entrance to the former Sterling mine, Orange County. The stratabound |  | | Report (issue) | | colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow...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) | | hydroxyl-apatite damourite—see muscovite ((danburite)) datolite-Blue Hill diadochite—Newry dickinsonite—Newry...components gypsum—Oakland, Skowhegan halloysite—Rockland, Thomaston hatchettolite—see pyrochlore hematite—many...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...plati num?) ilmenite—Katahdin Iron Works, Newry, Rockland, Union, Warren jahnsite—Newry kaolinite—Thomaston...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gems of Brazil. . . . The Junior Division of the Rockland Mineral and Gem Society, Inc. used an Eastern...was given by Dr. Jan van den Hende for the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc. CANADA The Montreal...erythrite on magnetite and pyrite found at French Creek Mine, St. Peters, Pennsylvania. . . . The North Jersey...mineral and lapidary activities. . . . Lower Bucks County. Dr. Bielarski is assistant professor of Geology...Gangloff found fluorescent actinolite in the Ruggles Mine. . . . The New Haven Mineral Club is publishing |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y.............................................................. Magnetite, Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Brewster, N. Y................................................... Chondroditc, Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Brewster, N. 1\ ... Black Tourmaline, Bedford,................................... Apophyllite, Datolite and Pcetolite, Jersey City, N. J. Calamine, Franklin................... Cliuochlore, Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Brewster, N. Y....................... Diabantite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1898) describes pseudocubic calcite from the Ridge mine and other copper mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula...PETER RODEWALD These calcites, however, N. 7604 County Road Qq do an excellent job of River Falls, Wisconsin...of us (Pete Rodewald) at the Minesota mine near Rockland, Michigan (see Wilson and Dyl 1992, 30–33), on...well-known Red Metal Retreat (now known as the Copper County Mineral Retreat). The crystals were found free...sought-after native copper, silver (rare), and datolite. Only a sample of the pockets was collected, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | „< East Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Spring Valley, N e w York The Rockland County Mineral...and then explored the Tilly Foster Mine, coming back to Rockland County with some Connecticut real estate...its regular monthly meeting on March 15th at the County Center, White Plains, New York. Speaker of the...on his trip. The April meeting was held at the County Center, White Plains, on April 19th, and featured...showed choice specimens of prehnite, babingtonite, datolite and golden chalcodite from his priceless collection |  | | 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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the bus driver, who conducted the trips to the mine pits and the School of Mines. A little sticker,...enjoyed by the members. — A letter from the Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, described an interesting...Pick, published by the Junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, is being...conduct their own meetings and Field Trips. — Rockland Nuggets had a substitute editor due to Mrs. Marguerite...Marguerite ColIyer's illness. The Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society will miss her, but wish her |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...visiting those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in...localities. We have followed the convention of using "mine" only for sites that are chiefly underground workings...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...are abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for this mouth-watering specimen is Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—"First off...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...we have a beautiful xled specimen of colorless datolite (with a pale greenish tinge) that was donated...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...item or two. ROCKS AND MINERALS IDAHO—"In Bonner County, Northern Idaho, at a place called Chimney Rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite, |
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Rockland Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA