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Calcite from
Lafayette Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lafayette Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:399680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:399680:5
GUID (UUID V4):218e4a7b-22b1-4178-aacb-aae505ed6ab9
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.0km (5.6 miles) Carp Lake Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Cuyahoga Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Copperwood, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) United States Metals Refining Company exploration (Copperwood Mine), Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Nonesuch formation, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
18.9km (11.8 miles) Cleveland Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Ontonagon Silver Mine, Silver City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) Cranberry Creek, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) Ironwood iron formation, Marenisco, Gogebic iron range, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
References
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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 .
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...west of New York state and reaching to the Rocky Mountains. For this book the Midwest includes the Great...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exposed by acid dissolution from the late-stage calcite matrix. The group is 4 mm long with individual...Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw...Keweenaw County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological...ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits that occur...discovered was a small vein of manganese oxides and calcite that crops out on the north shore of Lake Manganese
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA—"During a recent visit to the Chericahua Mountains I found some black crystals that checks out for...grayish schist. Specimen # 2 is not wollastonite but calcite—group of colorless, coarse fibrous xls. Both specimens...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...visit. I am planning a trip to the Ruggle's Feldspar Mine near Grafton Ctn., New Hampshire." Mrs. Harriette
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janet15cliford@gmail.com CALCITE from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee ...minerals as barite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite. Calcite crystals are classic components of Mississippi...the continent can boast the same diversity of calcite. Yet, connoisseurship of fine minerals is not just...may occur. With this in mind, we have nominated calcite from the interconnected Elmwood/Cumberland/Gordonsville...best calcite-producing localities in the world (see fig. 1). From a technical perspective, calcite is calcium
Book (volume)
the southern end of the Appalachian chain of mountains. These ranges extend into the northeast corner...where Brasstown Bald, a part of the Nantahala Mountains achieve the highest elevation in the state at...in the northwest, where the Lookout and Sand mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily...Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plain (about 30% of the state),...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
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
Journal (issue)
Collector's Notebook: Moat Mountain, Albany, Carroll County, Hew Hampshire-2000 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street...in Eliza- beth, Union County, New Jersey which he thought was a blue calcite. The mineral forms platy...periodical for the mine ral e nthusias t and mineral history enthusiast. $24 .00 per year in USA $30.00 per year...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineral news.com...mined. Most of the pegmatites in the northeastern USA are now being mined for specimens. This probably
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...26. Mexico, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: Tenth Report. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Miner, vol. 10. Saginaw...Saginaw, Mich. Michigan State Board of Geological Survey: Report for 1907. Lansing, Mich. Mineral Collector...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information...oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50 (Quart
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey (1935), a predecessor and obvious inspiration...Mineral Names, Glossary of Local Terms, and Sterling Mine Operations, 1966. There are also subject and mineral...I Coming Soon II It I Amethyst, Agate, and Calcite “Skunks” from Uruguay by Rock H. Currier A Keweenaw...Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan by Torn Rosemeyer Galena, Milliken Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri...California Kansas City, Missouri Mark Jacobson Lafayette, Louisiana Back Issues Available Write For List:
Journal (issue)
9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains in the Manyara Region, about...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...Amethyst crystal group, 11 cm, from the Goboboseb Mountains, about 35 miles west of the town of Brandberg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chocolate-brown crystalline Please Send Them In. calcite from the West End quarry, Inyo Co., Calif., and...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...Clark Co., Ind., colorless dogtooth crystals of calcite occur in vugs in a dark gray fossiliferous limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...such attractive but common minerals as quartz. calcite, pyrite, and marcasite. A major mining district...portion of the state, primarily in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Downloaded by [Korea University] at 09:49 03...Counties, where coarse galena, sphalerite, marcasite, calcite, barite, and copper minerals were found. Mining
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)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS 1235 lite (80). Other primarymineralsare calcite,barite,and gypsum,which is rare. Althoughfew of...ROCK OPENINGS ABOVE AN UNCONFORNiITY District or mine Capitol Reef, Utah Elk Ridge, Utah Shirley Basin...principalganguemineral is barite, but quartz, pyrite, calcite,and fluorite are also present. The bulk of the...UNCONFORMITY District or mine Ore Pb Southeastern Missouri Sullivan Mine, B.C. Pb, Zn Boundary Dist...marks the lower limit of the ore zone in muchof the mine. Accordingto Swanson andGunning(72), "if thebaseof
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 16, 18. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 5, no....Survey: vol. 9; Lower Cretaceous; Prince Georges County. Baltimore, Md. Meddelelser om Greenland, Bd. 43...28. Mexico, D. F. Michigan Academy of Science: 13th Report. Lansing, Mich. Michigan Geological and Biological...Vol. 5; Geological map (coal, etc.), 2d edition; County reports Wirt, Roan, and Calhoun counties; Jackson... Carl A. 9. Vanadium deposits in the Caballo Mountains, New Mexico. Min. and Sci. Press, vol. 103, pp
Book
citizens of Indiana. . . I_ake Michigan , Michigan / MICHIGAN C'% 50 MILES KENTUCKY ' 80 KILOMETERS...S. 150: Shoals—Illinois Line 191 U.S. 231: Lafayette—Kentucky Line Northern Indiana: Glacial Plains...Interstate 65: Gary—Indianapolis 229 Interstate 69: Michigan Line—Indianapolis 234 Interstate 80/90 Indiana...S. 27: Fort Wayne—Ohio Line 250 259 U.S. 31: Michigan Line—Indianapolis U. S. 41: Whiting—Attica 2...U.S. 52: Indianapolis—Illinois Line U.S. 421: Michigan City—Indianapolis Indiana.26: Ohio Line—Illinois
Report (issue)
synclinal Blount Mountain with the outlying Cedar Mountains, and by the synclinal structure north of Trussvilie...continue to whatever depth it may be possible to mine the ore, and (3) whether the structure of the rocks...of 35 per cent metallic iron in this particular mine. Although the soft ore carries a higher percentage...Big and Irondale seams at open cut, Greenspring mine SW.^ sec. 11, T.9, N., R. 3 If. Continued. Strata...fossiliferous, in thin bands alternating with streaks of calcite and shale. Ore Irondale (?) seam: Ore, siliceous
Journal (issue)
Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...September, 1872, the brothers both enrolled at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, just north of...spent the following summer up in the Colorado mountains hunting and camping. The Denver Weekly Times (1878)...(1878) Maynard Bixby, circa 1876, Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Photo courtesy of Ms. Elaine Stomber...Collections & College Archives, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, box 120-168, Series VI, Album 139 noted
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 to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...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
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New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. GEM MINERALS AND MATERIALS...distance equal to the distance from the Ural Mountains to Great Britain, such abundance might be expected... ETCHING OF CARROLLITE FROM THE KAMOYA SOUTH II MINE, KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Van King1...Savannah, GA 31404. Carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine is frequently etched, and the extent and variety...carrollite sometimes have late chalcopyrite, cobaltoan calcite, or cobaltoan dolomite in addition to Downloaded
 
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