 | | 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 (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...the minerals, particularly pumpellyite and chlorastrolite and copper xls can only be fully appreciated...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...in the Keweenaw Peninsula. PUMPELLYITE (6Ca0.3Al 2 0 3 .7Si0 2 .4 H a O ) , monoclinic, epidote family |  | | Report (volume) | | ROY/VLE Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE...Norman King 1926The geologic story of Isle Royale National Park. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1309) Bibliography:...Docs. No.: 119.3:1309 1. Geology-Michigan-Isle Royale National Park-Guide-books. I. Title. II. Series:...Tilting and breaking the rocks _____________ Isle Royale a small piece of the big puzzle ____ What happened...before the pre-Keweenawan ____ The rocks of Isle Royale the Keweenawan ______ The missing chapters ____________________ |  | | 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...the Bicentennial celebration: "to forge a new national commitment, a new spirit for '76, a spirit which...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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | ~ t s that have helped to 1ive mlflll"•IOIY • national rec.opition. AfflOt"II yGIM' friends there must...OIOIY Club, F. C. K111a., Sec., Canon City, Colo. National Cieolollcal Club, Mrs. D. P. Stockwell, Prea....Ml• 8emldette Reis, Sec., 10314-97th Ave., Ozone Park, L.1., N.Y. Edited and Published b y PETER ZODAC... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 6 th NATIONAL OUTING OF THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOC IAT ION..... . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...J. the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983) for |  | | 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) | | olivine, pyroxenes, amphiboles, chlorites, and epidote, it typically imparts a green color. Exceptions...Keweenawan System), a variety of pumpellyite called chlorastrolite forms amygdules (Rakovan 2005) in compact,...commonly referred to as Michigan greenstone (aka: greenstone and Isle Royale greenstone) and are also...stellate masses are often chatoyant: thus the name chlorastrolite, meaning “green star stone” (Heinrich and Robinson...In their article on the Mockingbird gold mine, Mariposa County, California, Cook and Gressman (2008) mention |  | Olds, Travis A., Carlson, Shawn M., Behnke, Dan, Mills, Owen P. (2014) Collector's Note: A New Find of Manganese-rich Pumpellyite from the Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (6) 548-553 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.949177 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C ollector’s Note THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 12:45 28 February...study of the secondary minerals in the altered [Michigan] copper lodes for the Calumet and Hecla Copper...be a new mineral closely related to the zoisite-epidote family. Unaware of Murgoci’s earlier work, he submitted...Pumpellyite From the Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan 548 ROCKS & MINERALS See...1973, Michigan adopted the compact, massive green variety of pumpellyite known as “chlorastrolite” as its |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...minerals including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and quartz. The...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because |  | | Book (edition) | | GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE...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...central Indiana, near Cincinnati, and Dowagiac, Michigan. Few have been reported years, in recent perhaps...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell |  | | 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) | | 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 130 132 133 133 INTttODUCT~ON. HE bluish-green epidote-like mineral, pumpellyite, was first described...Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. The fragment consists of an aggregate of small epidote crystals...crystals on matrix, some of the epidote carrying a bluish-green dusting of tiny bladed needles of pumpellyite...choice of cell emphasizes relationships with the epidote group and also with lawsonite. It accords with...Weissenberg photograph of pumpellyite from Calumet, Michigan, with the crystal oscillated about the b-axis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "KEWEENAW—COPPER COUNTRY By JOE ROTHSTEIN 255 West 84th Street, New York 24, N. Y. Keweenaw! in the...Bridge. In all the mitted. Inquiries to clubs in Michigan rugged beauty that makes up Michigan's were not...very tip of even when they speak of the harshness Keweenaw where Brockway Mountain of the winter there is...mountains of northern "Where?", and she said, "Michigan," Pennsylvania, stopping off to see the deep and...from a mineralogical and collecting standpoint, Michigan belonged on the map. W e next turned the nose |  | | 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................................... |  | | Catalog/List | | CATAPLEIITE CELESTINE 5. TRAPICHE EMERALD ENSTATITE EPIDOTE EUCLASE EUXENITE CELSIAN CERUSSITE CHALCEDONY...CHALCOPY1UTE CHAPINITE CHAROITE CHERT CHIASTOLITE CHLORASTROLITE CHLOROMELA.NITE CHLOROSPINEL CHONDRODITE CHROME...heating Variscite Emerald-green idocrase Chrome-rich epidote from Burma also known as Tawmawite Greenish-yellow...Epidosite Chalcedony nodules partly filled with water Epidote [Esmeralda} Essonite [Evening emerald} E)'e aga...aggregate of diamond, bore and carbon from Prem ier mine. light red rubies Agate with white markings Abalone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is truly a m / m collector's locality. The Ojuela mine has provided, and still furnishes, such things as...regard to the micromounting world here in the Keweenaw Peninsula. 'Although I have been a student of...xls galore, chlorastrolite (a valid species - triclinic pumpellyite), saponite, epidote, chalcocite,...'pumpellyite' I sent you from Quincy Mine is actually 'chlorastrolite'. Sid did his master's thesis on this...showed up associated with phillipsite. The Klodeberg Mine is O.K., but Capo di Bove is too much. There aren't |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE CLIFF MINE, discovered in 1844, is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan in the heart...first mine on the "Keweenaw" to pay dividends to stockholders. Throughout its history, the mine also produced...over. N ative copper was first mined on the Keweenaw Peninsula several thousand years ago by Native...controlled three mineral tracts on the northern part of Keweenaw Peninsula. After examining the copper prospect...of Upper Michigan, started his mining career with Calumet and Hecla as an underground mine geologist |  | | Journal (issue) | | S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country News from the Keweenaw Recent Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country... When one thinks of superb specimens from the Keweenaw, memories of arborescent groups of copper and...courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was |
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