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Quartz from
Rhode Island Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper1 photo of Quartz associated with Copper at this locality.
Epidote1 photo of Quartz associated with Epidote at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rhode Island Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:279916
Long-form Identifier:1:3:279916:2
GUID (UUID V4):519edf7c-d853-42c1-8266-f4421b0d782c
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.7km (0.4 miles) Franklin Jr. Mine (Albany & Boston; Peninsula), Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Saint Mary's Mine, Boston, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) New Arcadian Exploration, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Oneco Exploration prospect, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) New Baltic Exploration prospect, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) La Salle Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Mesnard Mine (Quincy No. 8 shaft), Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin Mine, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) No. 4 shaft, Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recently in the various serialized articles on the Michigan Copper Country by Tom Rosemeyer (including the...several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs of chalcedony...fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the...heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often form the matrix...such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...the White Pine mine at the southern end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off
Journal (issue)
slow speed 24" diameters for sawing huge Brazilian Quartz crystals were used. "Streamliners" carry an unconditional...... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ........................................... 472 CHOATE CHROME MINE. By Peter Z odac ....................................................... 474 PERU'S GREATEST LEAD MINE ···············································...T . Baxter .... 482 ANTHRACONITE NEAR NORWOOD, MICHIGAN. By Carl E. Wulfman ................ 483 CLUB
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chicago, Illinois Amherst, Massachusetts Ann Arbor, Michigan Washington, D.C. Ithaca, New York New Haven, Connecticut...Ayres, Vincent L., Michigan College of Mines and Technolog;2, Houghton, Michigan. Bailey, A. M., Director...Connecticut. *Bauer, Lawson H., New Jersey Zinc Company, Franklin, New Jersey. *Bayley, WiIIiam S., University of...Missouri. Bogue, Richard G., 399 Rutherford Avenue, Franklin, New Jersey. Boldyrev, A. K., Vas. Ostr.2!, Lin...William 8., 333 Washington Road, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. *Connolly, Joseph P., 1301 Eleventh Street, Rapid
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 (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...:............................................. Michigan............................................................................................ Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 49, nos. 11, 12j vol. 50, nos. 1-6. Boston, Mass. American Geographical Society: Bulletin...13, no. 2. Boston, Mass. Association of Engineering Societies: Journal, vols. 52, 53. Boston, Mass. Beitrage...Hawaiian Islands. Boston Society of Natural History: Proceedings, vol. 35, no. 1. Boston, Mass. ; Botanical...Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....Survey: Sixth Annual Report. Tallahassee, Fla. Franklin Institute: Journal, vols. 177, 178. Philadelphia
Report (volume)
State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all parts of...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...Samuel A. Green, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, for references which proved of
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Michigan ............ 38 Table 8 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Rhode Island ....... 83 Table 14 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Michigan.......................................43 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Rhode Island..................................84 Figure 19...introduction and/or dispersion of uranium: northwestern Michigan, northwestern North Carolina; a belt extending
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sponsored by the Schiele Museum and the Gaston County Gem and Mineral C l u b . Schiele Museum Grounds...Colorado 80162; 303/978-9926. September 12-14—Jekyll Island, Georgia. 4th Annual G e m , Jewelry, and Mineral...Jekyll Island Convention Center. Chairman: Charles Wood, 544 Marsh Circle, St. Simons Island, Georgia...N '86, 2nd Annual Boston Mineralogi­ cal Symposium and Show sponsored by the Boston Mineral C l u b ....Massachusetts 02139. September 12—14—St. Louis County, Missouri. "Gems of the O z a r k s , " McDonnell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pewabic Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...Superior native copper district, also known as the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated...into Lake Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Show and Sale sponsored by the Lin­ coln County Gem and Mineral Society. Na­ tional Guard Armory...California. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Informa­ tion: Jill Lloyd, Orange County Fair, 88 Fair...Costa Mesa, California 92626. July 8-10—Detroit, Michigan. Gem and Lapidary Wholesalers, Inc., Gem Trade...Annual Ute Moun­ tain Gem and Mineral Society Show, County Annex Building, 103 North Chestnut. Informa­ tion:...July 14-16—Stillwater, Oklahoma. Rocky Moun­ Long Island Mineral & Geological Society, Inc. tain Federation
Book
Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule...Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite...Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii ...Rock 65 66 66 68 68 69 69 70 70 ie 72 ea: * Michigan 2, 55 55 56 7 7 Stone-Petoskey Stone Gem-Chlorastrolite...Hampshire Rock-Granite Mineral-Bery] Gem-Smoky Quartz 2B) 100 100 116 116 LI7 118 118 Gemstone-Sunstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Va. 24017. October 11, 12, 1975-Franklin, N.J., 19th Annual Franklin Sterling Mineral Exhibit sponsored...Kiwanis Club of Franklin. Dealers and exhibits at the Franklin Na­ tional Guard Armory; Franklin Mineral Museum...including Fluorescent Room and Replica Mine Tour;and the Franklin Min­ eral Buckwheat Dump for collecting...areas. Show Chairman: Thomas J. Webb, Box 76, Franklin, N.J. 07416 October 11, 12, 1975-Fort Worth,...October 24, 25, 26, 1975 Lansing, Mich. Central Michigan Lapidary and Mineral Society's 10th Annual Gem
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
July 9-19—Costa Mesa, California. 95th Orange County Fair Exhibition of Gems and Minerals. Fairgrounds...Syracuse, New Y o r k 13201. July 10-12—Detroit, Michigan. G e m Trade Show sponsored by G e m and Lapidary...North at Nine Mile Road), Hazel Park (Detroit), Michigan. Infor­ mation: G e m and Lapidary Wholesalers... July 22-26—Franklin, North Carolina. 22nd A n ­ nual Gemboree sponsored by the Franklin Area Chamber...of Commerce and the Gem and Mineral Society of Franklin. Community F a ­ cilities Building, Highway 23-441
Journal (issue)
.. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 ASTER IATED ROSE QUARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CLUB AND SOCIETY...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...1841 a report by Dr. Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sponsored by the Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 140 Tren­ ton...MINERALOGICAL SPONSORED BY: OCTOBER 1.193* the Boston Mineral Club & MUSEUM ASSOCIATION the Harvard...MINERALS is announcing The Re-Opening of THE CALEDONIA MINE in Michigan's Copper Country Downloaded by [JAMES...write to Richard Whiteman P.O. Box 45 /f Hancock, Michigan 49930 / (906) 482-9560 / March 11-13, Kansas...by the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Ector County Coliseum, Exhibit Build­ ing A, 42d and Andrews
Report (volume)
Sciences, the Boston Society of Natural History, the Astor Library of New York, and the Boston Public Library...Brunswick. Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island. Newfoundland. Labrador. Manitoba...District of Columbia). Massachusetts. Mexico. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana. Nebraska...North Carolina. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Ehode Island. South America. South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas...Jersey. Maryland to Alabama. Great Lakes region (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Canada contiguous to
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...Proceedings, vol. 52, nos. 9-13; vol. 53, nos. 1, 2. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers:...Hawaiian Islands. Boston Society of Natural History: Proceedings, vol. 35, no. 4. Boston, 'Mass. Botanical...Boletfn de Minas, nos. 2, 8. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Survey: Ninth Annual Report. Tallahassee, Fla. Franklin Institute: Journal, volsi 183, 184. Philadelphia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
D . C . 20016. Downloaded by [University of Michigan] at 07:22 04 August 2017 July 10-13—Marietta...sponsored by the Georgia Mineral Soci­ ety. Cobb County Civic Center, 548 Clay Street (at Fairgrounds Street)...California. Gems and Mineral display at the Orange County F a i r . Exposition Center, 88 Fair Drive. For...Ute Mountain Gem and Mineral Society. Montezuma County A n ­ nex, 103 North Chestnut. Chairman: Alice...Syracuse, New Y o r k 13201. July 12, 13—Kalamazoo, Michigan. 12th Annual Educational Seminar sponsored by
Report (issue)
of the eastern half of the lone quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada. [Menlo Park, CA] : U.S. Geological Survey...Mineral resources of the Zwagg Island Wilderness Study Area, Currv County, Oregon. [Menlo Park, Calif.]...only Dean, Lewis S. Mineral resources of Clay County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, 1988. M(235)4...Un3e Higgins, Michael W. Geologic map of Cecil County. [Baltimore] : State of Maryland, Department of... [s.n.], 1949. 210(598) Z274g Istanbul : ACID MINE DRAINAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS UNITED STATES. Effects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group­... dealers or perhaps fellow collectors. Gold in quartz specimens are more easily obtained. Every collector...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...localities are wire silver. Kellog, Idaho, and Mass, Michigan, are two other states represented. Canada offers...The Gem and Mineral Society of Franklin visited the Mason Mountain mine for rhodolite. Members found excel­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nual Show "1990 Festival of Gems" sponsored Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Show, 2643 N . Charles...Ridge, 0098; 601/879-8832. May 5, 6—Kalamazoo, Michigan. Annual Show T X 75004; 214/752-5192. FAX(214)752-5205...Geological and May 11-13—Franklin, North Carolina. Gem & May 18-20— Dearborn, Michigan. 16th Annual Mineral...Mineral Society. Kalamazoo County Fair­ Lapidary Wholesalers (G&LW), Inc., Gem Gem & Mineral Show—"Gems of...Society. Dearborn Civic Center, 616/694-4872. Michigan Ave. & Greenfield Rd. Information: formation:
 
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