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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lafayette Mine, Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:399684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:399684:3
GUID (UUID V4):f4558b77-e911-4c72-8f7a-8a245c472c61
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
6.1km (3.8 miles) Unnamed locality, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) White Pine Extension Mine (Pinex Mine), White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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
15.6km (9.7 miles) Nonesuch Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) United States Metals Refining Company exploration (Copperwood Mine), Gogebic County, Michigan, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Scranton Mine, Silver City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Collins Mine, 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
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Silurian quartz monzonite, and the post-Lower Devonian granodiorite, Attean quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine:...Houghton, southeastern Ontonagon, and northeastern Gogebic Counties, Michigan: 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500...of Conserv., Lansing, Mich.; Dept. of Geology, Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, Mich.) 12. Balsley... L. Aeromagnetic map of northeastern Iron County, Michigan: 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680. Aug. 27, 1965. (Wa...of Conserv., Lansing, Mich.; Dept. of Geology, Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, Mich.) 13. Balsley
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 .
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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 (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...about it - The Old Silver Hill Districts-- The Mountains - Well Districts--Clan Alpine District, and Re-survey...Schoolcraft Iron Company -- New Jersey Mining Company of Michigan ; Report of the Directors - Keith's New Process
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Mining Company .Gold on Operati Active inar, Mill Quartz Model nia Califor of View Interio 11 THE AMERICAN...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...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The...THE GOLD MINES OF NEVADA TERRITORY ....... 191 QUARTZ HILL - THE GRAND MINING CENTRE OF COLORADO . 193
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Figure 2. Tom Rosemeyer about to descend into the mine through the small surface opening that led to the... At this early date, bears were still using the mine for winter hibernation. Dan Behnke photo (10 October
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...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
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toward the eastern and western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utalı , Idaho, and...spirit or inspire the ambition of the public mind . Michigan and the shores of Lake Superior and Huron, with...hundreds of miles east and west of the Rocky Mountains, and the time is not far distant when Salt Lake...MINING COMPANY - PROGRESSIVE DEVELOP MENT OF THE MINE... 78 HOPE GOLD MINING COMPANY, OF COLORADO -...PRODUCTION OF THE NEW JERSEY ZINC 152 COMPANY'S MINE ... 152 METALLIC BASIS OF OUR NATIONAL CURRENCY
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ARIZONA—"During a recent visit to the Chericahua Mountains I found some black crystals that checks out for...of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U.S.) that has been opened up...& Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite phantoms have...1/2" xl in a 2" matrix which consisted of minute quartz xls, and vellow cookeite. Lepidolite: some choice...sheets y2" in length were noted on a specimen of quartz. This noted pegmatite locality, although not being
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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.;
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
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...found are bauxite, coal, mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...Rock Run. "Quartz, mica, iron ore, coal and limestone are found all over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian
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
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),...gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur
Journal (issue)
Collector's Notebook: Moat Mountain, Albany, Carroll County, Hew Hampshire-2000 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street...granite miarolitic cavity crystal groups of smoky quartz, nlbite, and microcli ne and rarely some mil arite...the Jersey Gardens Mall in Eliza- beth, Union County, New Jersey which he thought was a blue calcite...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shifted to the east of the southern Appalachian mountains. The post-Devonian clastic sediments were transported...Geologic systems Tourmaline and polycrystalline quartz . . . Clay minerals Interpretation Directional...Analyses of tourmaline angularity and polycrystalline quartz fraction 1203 5. Some typical tourmaline angularities...values of tourmaline angularity and polycrystalline quartz by system . . . . 1210 7. Composite field of view...formation and Marshall formation crossbedding of Michigan basin 1219 Geological Society of America Bulletin
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...4, no. 1; Boletin, no. 29. Mexico, D. F. . - ' Michigan Geological and Biological Survey: Publications...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...Alien, R. C. The iron mining industry of Michigan; Michigan gold! others no. 13. '**-,, * * See Aiten
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous...the Gordonsville mine, Central Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from...and uplift of the Ouachita Mountains to the south and the Appalachian Mountains to the east, introduced...northern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, approximately surrounding the western end of...cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No. TEH 273)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recovery History of the Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada Scott Kleine [2:20 to 2:40] The Gold Tellurides...Raines [2:40 to 3:00] The Round Mountain Gold Mine, Nye County, Nevada R. Scott Werschky LUNCH BREAK the...mines, including the Eagle’s Nest and the Colorado Quartz mines, were successfully operated exclusively for...those at Round Mountain, Nevada; Balmertown and Porcupine, Ontario; and Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea realized...from California localities such as the Colorado Quartz mine near Mariposa. The Systematic Study of Regolith
Journal (issue)
story of her exploits in the woods of Rappahannock County, Virginia, follows.—Editor) This past winter I...in the form of what looked like quartz crystals, like a vein of quartz crystals in a much larger rock...Montana; crystallized tiemannite, Marysvale, Utah; quartz crystals containing inclusions, phantoms, etc....hiddenite in crystals of gem quality, Alexander County, North Carolina; [strawberry-red] rose beryl, Dugway...topaz crystals in great variety from the Thomas Mountains, Utah; probably the largest perfect crystal of
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...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
......................................... 409 Michigan.................................................second northern tributary behind mountains on the right ; Black mountains on the left (No. 68). Girdled...Murdoch University Library user ALASKA 383 72. Mountains between Tidal and Queen inlets ; from across th...107). 95. Dark limestone, with schistosity and quartz, 1,896 miles above mouth of Gens de Larg river;...river; looking northeast (No. 58). 97. Chugatch mountains. Sheep mountain (4,200 feet) and vicinity, on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beautiful specimens are found of snowy-white drusy quartz which line cavities of gray chert. California—R...of black, crystallized ferberite from the Conger Mine, near Nederland, Boulder Co., Colo. It is good to...consisting of about 22 minerals of which garnet and quartz seem to be the most common. Along with the sand...(microcline, orthoc'ase, albite, oligoclase, anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??...examination not one jasper was found—they were all common quartz stp.'ned brown by limonite. Florida—At Daytona
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
 
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