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Azurite from
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:252800
Long-form Identifier:1:3:252800:7
GUID (UUID V4):4c0adeec-738d-465d-988b-e8df977be386
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘSouth Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘCliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘNorth Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘTamarack Mine, Tamarack, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘGreat Sand Bay, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘRoadside prospect, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘQuincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘMabbs Mine, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘIsle Royal No. 1 shaft, Isle Royal Mines, Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘChampion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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
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)
MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...UNIVERSITY] at 03:21 25 August 2017 INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...chlorite minerals are the best found anywhere in the Keweenaw Peninsula. PUMPELLYITE (6Ca0.3Al 2 0 3 .7Si0 2...due to the parallel growth of xls. At the Hancock Mine, Hancock, it occurs upon xls of epidote and quartz
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
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world would be a drab place indeed. Gone would be azurite, malachite, and the plethora of related supergene...localities as the old cobalt mine at Great Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut; the Franklin...mines, Sussex County, New Jersey; the old Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County, New York;...in Lebanon County, the French Creek iron mines and Wheatley lead mines in Chester County, and the Dyer...Berks County. It is reported from the Alberene and Old Dominion soapstone quarries, Albemarle County, Virginia;
Journal (issue)
by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California .................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription
Journal (issue)
by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California .................COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous...with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 USA Accepted 7 August 2003 Abstract Multi-collector...values for hydrothermal native copper from the Michigan native copper district also show a narrow range...intrusions Sample Description d65Cua Thayer – Lindsley Mine, Sudbury; Canada,  0.25 sulfide matrix of impact...16 Intrusive Complex, Canada SW-22 Stillwater Mine, USA; hydrothermally reworked  1.06 sulfides at contact...composition of Cu minerals from the Michigan native copper district, USA Sample Location d65Cua Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of Donald C. Gabriel....exploration 2. Cliff mine 3. Phoenix group of mines 4. Central mine 5. Northwestern mine 6. Central exploration...Resolute mine 9. Hard Rock fissure 10. Iron City (Empire) mine 11. Cape mine 12. Copper Falls mine 13. Clark...Clark mine 14. Point prospect 15. Mendota mine 16. Gull Rock fissure and Laker pocket Figure 3. A 1900
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red...mounted in 1 1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow
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...21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mammoth- St. Anthony Mine TIGER, ARIZONA The Mohawk mine. Photo courtesy Arizona Historical Society...Mammoth-St. Anthony mine is located at Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, Section 26, Township 8 south, Range 16...later to be named the Collins vein in 1879, the Mohawk claim in 1881, and the Mammoth, plus several other...the Old Hat Mining District. In the early 1880s a mine was started on the Mammoth claim, but due to lack...developing into the town of Mammoth. The ore from the mine was hauled the three miles by 20 mule team wagons
Report (issue)
Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ......................................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...Nonetheless, he was very well known by hobbyists in Michigan and surrounding areas. The National Rockhound
Journal (issue)
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY" -T —• - Vol. XXXVII No. 1 — i ■&- February, 1990 QUARTERLY THE MINERALOGY...MINERALOGY OF THE MOH/WK MINE _ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA r O' " •: u. o~r William S. Wise ■rrz...■rrz SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Barbara Cram Riordan, Chairman, Third District Larry Walker...Fourth District Fifth District COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO Harry M. Mays, County Administrative Officer Albert...D. Griesemer, Museums Director SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM COMMISSION Ralph Strane, Rancho Cucamonga
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 (issue)
..........663 MINERAL COLLECTING IN N ORlHERN MICHIGAN. By 1171n. E. L110 111a •.....•.••.......•..•••...LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler .................... 665 THE ALICE ZINC MINE OF SOUTHERN...THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time...camp of Copper City, better known as the Tubal Cain Mine. This camp was built around 1918 and had about a...body of manganese ore but none was found and the mine was shut Buckhorn Pass, Washinlfon 6 50 ROCKS
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY A mineralized breccia pipe in Mohawk Canyon Lithologic and Ge1physical logs Karen J...Reservation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mohawk Canyon Pipe ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...... Photo of Mohawk Canyon pipe •• ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Photo of Mohawk Canyon •••••...Location map for Mohawk Canyon pipe ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Geologic Map of the Mohawk Canyon pipe ...Geologic Map of the Mohawk Canyon pipe ••••••••••••• Photo of two adits driven into the Mohawk Canyon pipe •••••••••••
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Potential Breccia Pipes in the Mohawk Canyon Area, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona...Indian Reservation............................ 5 The Mohawk Canyon area............................................. 10 Mapping of collapse features in the Mohawk Canyon area................ 10 Collapse features/breccia........................... 8 Geologic map of the Mohawk Canyon area showing breccia pipes and collapse....... 11 Explanation to the geologic map of the Mohawk Canyon area....... 12 Photograph of breccia pipe
Report (issue)
The Potential of Breccia PipeS in the Mohawk Canyon Area, Hualapai Indian Reservation, AriZona This...the Mohawk Canyon Area. Mohawk Canyon extends along the eastern edge of the photograph; the Mohawk-Stairway...along the bottom of this part of the canyon. The Mohawk Canyon pipe is exposed in the Kaibab Limestone... Chapter D The Potential of Breccia Pipes in the Mohawk Canyon Area, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona...Karen J. The potential of breccia pipes in the Mohawk Canyon Area, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1961; 1985), RI P the Mohawk No 2 mine, Mobawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA (Moore, 1971), the Anarak...the following locations: Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, USA, Canada, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, France... silicates, calcite, apatite, PT malachite, azurite, Cu-limonite). The main ore minerals are briefly...Mlakva deposits, it was also found in Australia, USA, Argentina, Austria, Poland (Anthony et al., 1990;...in the Lavrion deposit T Greece (e.g. Clemence mine), the gersdorffite-gold-bismuthinite mineral association
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 11:52 22 December 2014 Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece E rythrite, an attractive...green encrustations on chloanthite at the old cobalt mine dumps below Great Hill near the East Hampton–Portland...Jackson County, North Carolina. It has been reported from the Fredericktown district in Madison County, Missouri...with nickel arsenides in the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Annabergite has been found...district, Custer County; the Gem mine at Gem Park, Fremont County; Elk Park, San Juan County; and with uraniferous
 
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