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Calcite from
St. Clair Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Natrolite1 photo of Calcite associated with Natrolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view St. Clair Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:293798
Long-form Identifier:1:3:293798:4
GUID (UUID V4):53555e5b-c710-4493-9dc3-0bbd03faee7c
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Eagle River (Babbitt) Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Robbins Mine (West Vein Mine), Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Lake Superior Mine (Old Phoenix Fissure), Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Meadow Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Eagle River, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Eagle River shoals, Eagle River, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Avery shaft, Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) South Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
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
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)
News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3—Recent...shoreline shift with Lake Superior storms, exposing calcite/quartz veins in the Copper Harbor Conglomerate...years have passed since the last “News from the Keweenaw”; this article updates new finds to the spring...native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Since retiring...terminated scalenohedral calcite crystals on crystallized quartz. The longest calcite crystal is 7.9 cm and
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 .
Journal (issue)
MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com.......................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................... Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a large vug in the fissure vein of the Cliff mine; the largest crystal is 2 cm across. The specimen...Probably the best arborescent silver from the Cliff mine, this specimen is 9.5 × 10.5 cm and was originally...John A. Jaszczak photo. Figure 18. This calcite from the Cliff mine is 3.6 cm long and perched on a matrix...on earth (Bornhorst and Rose 1994). At the Cliff mine it thickens to more than 1,300 feet and remains...some of the veins (Butler and Burbank 1929). Cliff Mine After the failed 1844 mining venture at the Hays
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...not become the state border until it is south of St. Paul. Minnesota is a Lake Superior State. Wisconsin...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these
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 (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;
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...Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the...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
Journal (issue)
com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-454 2 SPRING...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine. Near Ishpeming. Marquette County, Michigan 3 by Michael P. Basal HISTORIC...a gold nugget from Lhe Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan. The specimen measures I .5x2.5 cm...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine, Near Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan by Michael P. Basal Introduction...country. The event was held in conjunction with Keweenaw Week, a mineralogical ex­ travaganza featuring
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...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona
Report (volume)
Boletfn de Minas, nos. 2, 8. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 8, no....Philadelphia, Pa. Engineers' Club of .St. Louis: Journal, vol. 2. St. Louis, Mo. Engineers' Society of Western...Geological Survey: Supplementary Report, Harlan County. Frankfort, Ky. Lake Superior Mining Institute:...GeoWgico de: Anales, nos. 1, 2, 4. Mexico City, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Report, Sixteenth, Seventeenth...Seventeenth, and Eighteenth. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Geological and Biological Survey: Publication 21. Lansing
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...Smith, Universitv.Arizona_ ___Dr. Burt Ogburn, Phoenix. Prof. F. N. Guild, Tucson. Arkansas____L.Dr. A...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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E '90. Tacoma Dome Convention Center, 2727 East D St. Information: Gem Faire, Box 3296, Reno, NV 89505;...to: Coming Events, ROCKS & MINERALS, 4000 Albemarle St., N.W., DeLaBruere, Montreal, Quebec H1L5T1 Can­...Gems" sponsored Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Show, 2643 N . Charles St., Baltimore, MD by...27908 Stone21218; 301/235-6116. Armory, 1230 Fifth St. Information: Claude henge, Eugene, OR 97402. Johnston...History Collections. Field Museum, 537-0316. Main St. Information: Ernest Dent, 817 N . Roosevelt Rd.
Report (volume)
minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...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
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE I I COAL CITY, St. Clair Co. Sphalerite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Book (edition)
Tom Roberts of Chicago, 111., and W. J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minn. of Helena, Mont., E. T. of Columbia..."scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...0~C" l-au C>0 Uib c D o H ^« ^^o o ^ J; c -St; >-.is o ° t 2 • • t^ > ^ .2 «r t^ > =...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal
Report (issue)
COXTE~TS: THE CLAY, STONE, LIME AND SAND INDuSTRIF.S OF ST. LOUIS CITY ,\ND COUXTY Ily G. E. Laut!, a,;;;i::...gl'ologist. ,; THE MINERAL WATERS OF HENRY, ST. CLAIR, J OHNSON AND BE:NTO:N COUNTIES . . . . . . s:;...STONE, LIME A)fD SAND L"'ST. LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY . . . . . . . . • . . Hy G. E. Ladd, assistant...geologist. 5 THE MINERAL WATl!:RS OF Bl!:NRY, ST. CLAIR, JOHNSON AND BENTON COUNTIES • . .•....•...•....Citv. G. C. BROADHEAD COLUMBU. WM. B. POTTER ST. J. H. BRITTS. CLINTON. R. A. BLAIR $ED.A.LU
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY NOVEMBER, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER...previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby...deposits of Michigan, U.S. Prof. Pap. 144, p. 2, 1929. Geol. Surv. GEOLOGYOF MICHIGAN COPPERDISTRICT...These are as follows: T. M. Broderick, Zoning in Michigan copperdepositsand its significance. EcoN. Gv.ox
Report (issue)
northern Wisconsin, and northern peninsula of Michigan ________________ :.. ________________________..._ 13 5. Map of part of Perch Lake quadrangle, Michigan, showing glacial features_________________________________..._____________ 36 6. Map of part of Houghton quadrangle, Michigal~, showing glacial and lake features...Outcr'op of Mowry shale on Thornton dome, Weston County, Wyo.; B, Hand specimen of Mowry shale collected...from Crook County, Wyo.; B, Thin section of Mowry shale from Thornton dome, Weston County, Wyo_ __ _
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE FOUR TWIN LAWS OF CALCITE a n d H o w To R e c o g n i z e T h e m Downloaded by [Texas A & M International...alcite collectors often ask, "How many kinds of calcite twins are there?" The answer is hard to give because...is rephrased: "How many twin laws are there for calcite?" In this case, the answer is I will go further...that there are four, and only four, twin laws for calcite. The rest of this article will be spent explaining...observant collector should be able to tell whether a calcite crystal is twinned or not and to determine which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS, 4000 Albemarle St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. July 5-7—Houghton, Michigan. 3d Annual Red Metal...(Copper County) Retreat. A . E . Seaman Mineralogical Museum. Michigan Tech Univer­ sity. Mine, historical...Seaman Mineralogical Mu­ seum, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan 49931. July 6-8—Louisville,...Ute Moun­ tain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Information: John...81328. July 11-22—Costa Mesa, California. Orange County Fair Gems and Minerals Show. Fair­ grounds, 88
 
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