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Albite from
Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Township
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:400435
Long-form Identifier:1:3:400435:6
GUID (UUID V4):8b607a97-cebe-4fcc-848f-2863f218f0a3
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
12.2km (7.6 miles) Mendota Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Mount Bohemia Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) Five Mile Point, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Seven Mile Point, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Arsenide Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) North Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Osceola Mine, Osceola, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) Copper Harbor Conglomerate, Hancock Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) Misery Bay, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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)
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......................................53
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Keweenawan Tholeiitic Lavas of Northern Michigan, U.S.A. by WAYNE T. JOLLY1 and RAYMOND E. SMITH...1971) INTRODUCTION T H E Keweenaw Peninsula of the Superior region, Michigan, contains one of the classic...Portage Lake Lava Series of the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan, is composed of over 5000 m of tholeiitic...the stratigraphic section, laumontite, analcime, albite, and chlorite dominate assemblages characteristic...sampling restriction netic m nation | Eagle Harbor__ -A Copper Harbor Jacobsville Fm (sandstone) - » I
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)
faciesmetamorphism in the Keweenawanbasaltsof northern Michigan. Cu, averaging 70 ppm in basalts, was leachedfrom...has been producedby a century of mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The data suggestthat enrichmentor depletion...zeoliteand prehnite-pumpellyite facies (Stoiber albite basalts. The interiors of flows and thick units...althoughmost suchmaterial exposedin the KeweenawPeninsula,albite,prehnite, was devitrified and chloritized, presumablyby... Irregular volumesof the permeableparts of the albite, pumpellyite, prehnite, native copper, quartz,
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book... 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...and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio hugs the edge of Lake Erie. These states
Report (issue)
SURVEY Certain geologic characteristics of the Michigan copper district can provide exploration guides... Geologic features common to younger lavas of Michigan and Wisconsin ._________ _ _ Shows of native copper...metamorphic minerals, Portage Lake Volcanics, Eagle Harbor section _______ 5 Diagram showing hypothetical...large deposits, comparable to those of northern Michigan, are present, they are more likely to be found...mineralization of the classic native-copper district of Michigan could be helpful in suggesting that certain covered
Catalog/List
AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep...AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular and lathlike...Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens of this great deep...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of...STRONTIANITE AND CALCITE: Mandata Quarry, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. An awesome new find from late last
Catalog/List
priced at $3.00 each silvery M.§ENOPYRITE: Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada: from a for�er gold �ine,...last! WHITEPINEMINECRYSTALLINECOPPER: Ontonogan, Michigan. A summer acquisition purchase d from the Seaman...from the last operating commercial copper mine in Michigan! Priced at $3.00, $6.00, $10.00, and $15.00 depending..."HALFBREEOS'� Calumet and Hecia Mine, LalMichigan: Col!ected back in the 1960's these are tumble...00. CRYSTALLINE CUPRITE: Ray Central Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Excellent small crystalline specimens
Journal (issue)
France, associated with axinite, and accompanied by albite, calcite, epidote, orthoclase and sometimes incrusted...mineral is also common in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic possibilities...formation found in the district, can be seen at Eagle River. M ichigan, near the site where he was drowned
Report (issue)
Extent and General Nature of the Keweenaw Series Lithology of the Keweenaw Series Section I. Basic Original...III. Summary View of the Original Rocks of the Keweenaw Series Section IV. Detrital Rocks Chapter IV....Features of the Three Classes of Rocks of the Keweenaw Chapter Chapter II. 24 III. 34 '. 35 91... General Stratigraphy of the Keweenaw Series Chapter VI.— The Keweenaw an Rocks op the South Shore of...of Lake Superior Introductory 152 Section I.— Keweenaw Point Section II.— The Region between Portage
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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
Report (volume)
Nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of Northern Michigan Geochemistry, Petrography, and Volcanology of...Rhyolites of the Portage Lake Volcanics, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1970-A...Nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of Northern Michigan By WILLIAM F. CANNON and SUZANNE W. NICHOLSON...Rhyolites of the Portage Lake Volcanics, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan By SUZANNE W. NICHOLSON Chapters A and...nomenclature within the Keweenawan Supergroup of northern Michigan / by William F. Cannon and Suzanne W. Nicholson
Journal (issue)
Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...630 Mud drift, 2100 level, Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Collected in 1976 by David Bergman....out, and it was later chosen to be the San Miguel County Seat. Postal officials, however, had trouble with
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book (edition)
Collector and the Tourist includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS •... 47 MICHIGAN ............. 63 WESTERN IOWA ............................ -47 THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...ISLE ROYALE....................... .66 LOWER MICHIGAN .......... Crystals and Specimens Fossils.......datolites from be­ neath the cold waters of Lake Michigan. After a book such as this is published, it is...areas. Study all issues for possible help. 9. Get county maps if available, or Geological Survey Quadrangle
Book (edition)
Fossils Amazonstone, smoky quartz, green fluorite, albite, topaz, goethite Turquoise Rose quartz CONNECTICUT...garnet, others MICHIGAN **Whelan*s Stone & Nature Crafts, Shoreline Resort, Eagle Harbor. MI 49951. Natural...Franclsville, MO. Write Geodes, P.0. Box 224, Portage, Michigan 49081 for information about this mine. Geodes...No. 9. Norman, OK 73069- Barite Roses OREGON Eagle Valley Ranch, Don & Candy Gomes, Box 6a» Antelope...Ranch, Holbrook Copper World Claims, San Bernardino County Himalaya Mine and dumps Calico Silver Onyx Mine
Book
History of Lake Superior mining The Keweenaw copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle...developments 45 ., 45 Clinton iron ores of Dodge County, Wis 45 Paleozoic iron ores in western Wisconsin...geologic 70 knowledge 72 Bibliography 73 Michigan Northern Wisconsin Minnesota 77 Ontario 81...Menominee 96 96 97 district Crystal Falls district Keweenaw Point Northern ^Wisconsin Central Wisconsin...99 Royal and Michipicoten Island Keweenaw Point and northern Michigan and Wisconsin Keweenawan mesas Huronian
Report (issue)
northern Wisconsin, and northern peninsula of Michigan ________________ :.. ________________________..._ 13 5. Map of part of Perch Lake quadrangle, Michigan, showing glacial 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_ __ _...Corinth, Howard County, Ark.; B, Basal gravel of \Yoodbine formation, near Horatio, Sevier County, Ark_ _ _
Book
laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite or jadeite. Minute zeolite crystals that form at...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...laumontite-albite-pumpellyite, and at the greatest depth, the greenschist facies composed of albite-prehn...ite-scolecite-natral ite-thomsonite-Iaumontiteanalcime> albite-epidote-prehnite-pumpellyite > granitic intrusion
Book
laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite or jadeite. Minute zeolite crystals that form at...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...laumontite-albite-pumpellyite, and at the greatest depth, the greenschist facies composed of albite-prehn...ite-scolecite-natral ite-thomsonite-Iaumontiteanalcime> albite-epidote-prehnite-pumpellyite > granitic intrusion
 
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