 | | 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) | | Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | 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) | | nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...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...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Places of Geological and Mineralogical Interest in Michigan LOWER PENINSULA ARTHUR Y. JOHNSTONE Cranbrook...of Science 500 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013 The Upper Peninsula has pronounced geological...Paleozoic beds form the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin; from Marquette westward, the early Precambrian...beds, forming the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin, are evident as soon as you cross the 5-mile...Seaman Mineralogical Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 away softer surrounding |  | | Journal (volume) | | Mining Company .Gold on Operati Active inar, Mill Quartz Model nia Califor of View Interio 11 THE AMERICAN...FOR A METALLIC BASIS OF OUR NATIONAL CURRENCY Magnitude of the National Disbursements - Necessity for...COPPER REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver in Michigan...Michigan - Cotton in France - Great Gun - Terrible Explosion in Quebec - The Riches of the Country. MINING...Stage Line . PLEA FOR A METALLIC BASIS OF OUR NATIONAL CURRENCY ....... 117 Enormous Increase of Paper |  | | Journal (volume) | | 6. H & OLLOWAY SG.NY. Alt7 Interior View of Quartz Mill belonging Black the to, Hawk Gold Company...MADE HIS FORTUNE... COPPER SMELTING AT DETROIT , MICHIGAN ...... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT........ 17 21 22...Petroleum Company, of New York , New York and Michigan Silver -Lead Company - L'Anse Mining Company...Re-survey . HOW TO GROW BEAUTIFUL ... 279 PROPOSED NATIONAL CONVENTION . 280 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT... 281...Schoolcraft Iron Company -- New Jersey Mining Company of Michigan ; Report of the Directors - Keith's New Process |  | | 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) | | L etters Downloaded by [Australian National University] at 19:08 10 January 2015 CRYSTAL PARK, MONTANA...article by Jim Landon titled “Quartz Scepters from Crystal Park, Beaverhead County, Montana” in the September/October...with interest the article about the California Blue mine by Michael Hunerlach in the November/December 2012...2012 Vol. 87, No. 6 Azurite from Australia Rose Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil Mineral Mysteries & Fossils...“The Tyrannosaurus Rex Silver” Near Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan Established 1962 P.O. Box 43603 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...and native copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut;...Mountain copper mines, Lehigh County, and at Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; at Ducktown, Tennessee;...the McGinn mine in Mecklenburg County and at several of the copper mines in Guilford County, North Carolina...Minor chalcotrichite is reported from the Clark mine, and octahedral cuprite crystals to 7 mm and cuprite-included |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 2014 PAUL W. POHWAT Division of Mineralogy National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution...pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...(minerals) in the Division of Mineralogy at the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...tetrahedrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite, and quartz, to name but a few. It is also found Figure 2 |  | | Journal (volume) | | spirit or inspire the ambition of the public mind . Michigan and the shores of Lake Superior and Huron, with...from the energy and vigor with which that great national undertaking— the Union Pacific Railroad-ig prosecuted...STATES OF AMERICA , WITH 10 THE AMENDMENTS ...... NATIONAL CONVENTION IN RELATION TO THE MINERAL INTERESTS...THE ASTOR HOUSE DECEMBER 2D..... 28 CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION TO MEET AT THE COOPER .32 , 87 UNION...SPECIE PAYMENTS_LETTER TO HON. HUGH MCCULLOCH 70 NATIONAL LAW RELATING TO THE SALE OF THE GOLD AND SILVER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Through the Scope Copper Inclusions in Quartz Microcrystals From Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula TOM...TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...focuses on the lesser-known copper inclusions in quartz microcrystals that have also been collected throughout...(Bornhorst 1997). The common gangue minerals include quartz, epidote, calcite, chlorite, prehnite, pumpellyite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum...Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and EricaVan Pelt photo. July/August: Amethyst and calcite...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Erica Van Pelt photo. November/December: Elbaite on quartz, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Hyman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...Houghton and Keweenaw counties, Michigan. Every summer in the Copper Country, mine dumps from a bygone era of...copper mining are being crushed and hauled off the mine sites. The crushed rock is mainly used for road...and recover copper that mistakenly ended up in the mine dumps. The lucky person may also find silver in...locality. Collected at the Tamarack Jr. No. 1 mine, Houghton County, by Tom Rosemeyer, 11 August 2012. John |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shift with Lake Superior storms, exposing calcite/quartz veins in the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. Author’s...Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...crystallized quartz. The longest calcite crystal is 7.9 cm and was collected from the calcite/quartz vein by...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for the construction |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...came with the closing of the White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, in September 1995. New, stringent environmental...meet emission standards led to its demise. The Michigan Copper Country contains the largest-known native |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS...81MINERALS ’ .1-. . TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 rosemeyer@ocinet...Florida] at 00:43 01 January 2015 1. Cliff mine 2. Phoenix mine 3. Centralmine 4. Central Exploration 5...of mines 6. Mandan SW-vel pit 7. IronCity(Empire)mine 8. Capemine 9. Clatkmine 10. starmine 11. Keweenaw...Prehnite, Calc. Spar, Laumontite, Leonhardite, Quartz, Datholite, Chabasie, Mesotype, Apophyllite, Feldspar |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...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) | | (October 2017). 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Twenty-sixth in a...located in Keweenaw County, Michigan, was made by Doug Miller of Calumet, Michigan. Miller, a thirty-year...area about a half-mile northwest of the North Cliff mine. He had checked part of this area earlier in the...secTom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...first beep on Figure 4. Map showing Eagle River, Michigan, and the location of the silver vein in the copper-bearing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Up Twenty-first in...KEWEENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological...shoreline of Lake Superior at Esery Park, Keweenaw County. Larry Maltby photo (July 2013). Figure 3. Map...Mineral Museum collection, Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan. olorful banded agates...agates, coined in about 1900 by Alfred C. Lane, a Michigan state geologist, has been used for the loose agates |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2023 The Mineral Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 National Bureau of Standards Mineral Samples Tony Nikischer...on jarosite samples requested by researchers at National Laboratories, government agencies and post-docs...cardboard sleeves (10.5 cm) provided by the (then) National Bureau of Standards. While Dolomite is self explanatory...typically contains three minerals: kaolinite, mica and quartz. The SRM consists of 60 grams of air-dried and...—————————— Mineral News —————————————————Page Page 2 National Bureau of Standards Some Interesting NIST-prepared |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net All mineral photography...History and Mineralogy of the St. Louis Mine Houghton County, Michigan Twentieth in a series of articles... A 0.5 × 1.1-cm amygdule containing “lay-down” quartz crystals that are partially coated with a dusting...hematite. Instead of protruding into the amygdule, the quartz crystals have crystallized parallel to the sides...at the St. Louis mine, located about 1.3 miles east of the village of Laurium, Michigan. This little-known |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère...Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. March/April: Quartz, variety amethyst, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico...May/June: Quartz (Herkimer “diamond”), Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York...cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, |
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