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Atacamite from
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Atacamite
Formula:Cu2(OH)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Atacamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:401423
Long-form Identifier:1:3:401423:2
GUID (UUID V4):d14d48b0-11b3-446c-9b59-7daa77990c4e
Nearest other occurrences of Atacamite
38.9km (24.2 miles) Algomah Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
97.6km (60.7 miles) Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
28Qj 0° A®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns... Small Ml. £4 £4-°0 HOWLITE, Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous...ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. £4 £5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure
Catalog/List
Value Specimen 12 £12.00 BARITE, Stoneham, Colorado, USA. Three adjoining transparent pale blue terminated...Central Mine, Keweenaw Co . Michigan, USA. Growths of native silver protrude from milky white calcite...NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm on milky quartz/grey...MI. 77 £12.00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm with milky...NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm on milky quartz/grey
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)
(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
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)
cookrob@auburn.edu Atacamite Downloaded by [Korea University] at 11:41 06 January 2015 Moonta Mine, South Australia...or earlier-formed species. The copper species atacamite [Cu2Cl(OH)3], boléite [KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48]...mines of Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas. Of these five species, only atacamite is periodically available...variety of localities. Consequently, an atacamite from the Moonta mine, South Australia, Australia, has been...for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Atacamite occurs in various shades of rather bright through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena, New Mexico...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...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A
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 .
Report (issue)
polymetallic deposits. Association: Cuprite, atacamite (patina on bronze artifact); paratacamite, gypsum...takovite, georgeite, carrboydite (Carr Boyd Rocks mine, Australia). Distribution: Initially characterized...Egyptian artifacts. From the Carr Boyd Rocks nickel mine, Yerilla district, 80 km north-northeast of Kalgoorlie...Glückrad mine, near Oberschulenberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the USA, from the Deremo-Snyder mine, San...Miguel Co., Colorado, and at the White Pine mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan. Name: From the Greek chalcos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia...specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other minerals originated in this...tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, antlerite, brochantite, atacamite, delafossite, and malachite are reported, as are...are malachite, copper, tenorite, atacamite, azurite, allophane, calcite, and pyrrhotite pseudomorphs...native copper; prospects at Ladenton, Rockland County, New York; Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
originating from the Centennial Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA, where it occurs as a secondary...copper-containing minerals such as calumetite and atacamite family minerals. It forms as pale to azure blue...Cu-Ca-Cl Mineral’ noted in Heinrich’s Mineralogy of Michigan and is almost certainly identical to the supposed...centennialite, kapellasite, Centennial mine, Houghton County, Michigan. Introduction 2011) and is a possible...minerals occurring in the Centennial mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA, which included anthonyite, Cu(OH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of Donald C. Gabriel....exploration 2. Cliff mine 3. Phoenix group of mines 4. Central mine 5. Northwestern mine 6. Central exploration...Resolute mine 9. Hard Rock fissure 10. Iron City (Empire) mine 11. Cape mine 12. Copper Falls mine 13. Clark...Clark mine 14. Point prospect 15. Mendota mine 16. Gull Rock fissure and Laker pocket Figure 3. A 1900
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA. 5.799 (100), 2.583 (75), 2...8 1.8 100.0 (1) Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA; average of combustion, ion...secondary minerals. Association: Calumetite, atacamite family minerals (paratacamite, clinoatacamite)...native copper district, Michigan, USA, specifically the Ahmeek, Quincy, White Pine, Mohawk, and Franklin...mines. Name: For the Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA. Type Material: Mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Rudna IX mine. A non-bulky Ca-rich dripstone-like paragenesis from Lubin Główny mine is also characterized...study—from a single locality in Chile: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province [1]. It is the natural equivalent...juangodoyite, within drainage-related mine speleothems (minothems) of the Libiola Mine, Italy, was reported in Reference...occurrences include the listed Chilean one [6]; Carr Boyd mine, Western Australia [7]; Zunderwand, Erlacher Bock...of the Rovnost mine in the famous Czech uranium deposit at Jáchymov [9]; and salt mine at Bex, Vaud, Switzerland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high...high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke specimens and photos. Hot Springs Iron meteorite
Catalog/List
base, there are two absolutely perfect rhombs of white calcite with sharp crystals of gray acanthite to...it appears to be - an old, gnarly tree with two white boulders at the base of the trunk. It ilso hosts...QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult it is...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ...ollection County, Colorado; measures 8 nn ae from the \ slight ¢ « nax 1g Mine : The Kevin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solution. depositsat Dzhezkazganin Russiaand at White Pine This paper concentrateson the mechanismsfor in...sedimentsof ,the tions depositingthe ores at White Pine, Michigan. ShirleyBasin,Wyoming,havepH between6.2...seawater, evolvedconnatewatersin sandstone reportedby White et al. (1963), 14 ters, and hydro.thermalwaters...Cu4(OH)11SO4 (brochantite) CuC1(nantokite) Cui(OH)•CI•(atacamite) CuCI•CuCla tCuC1 + C1SO42- aq aq c c c c c c...and the other is a seepin a salt tenorite or atacamite. In red .beds,organic matter is rare and local
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals, azurite...reaction with dilute hydrochloric acid to form a white coating or precipitate of PbCl; azurite simply effervesces...occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found with smithsonite...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire. It
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(MarcWApril 1993). GE ON OM i I - Getchell mine, Potosi district (PO) GI - Gilbert district GO...(now White Pine, WP) Iron Hat district - Jarbidge district KL - Klondyke district KM - Killie mine, Spruce...district Majubo Hill mine, Antelope district MH MN Manhattan district MO - Moonlight mine, Disaster district...district (DS) MR - Morey district MU - Muncy Creek, White Pine district Downloaded by [University of Connecticut]... - BM - BR BU CA CC CI CL CN CO - April Fool mine, Delamar district (DE) Aspen district Austin district
Journal (issue)
up a substantial portion of the bedrock of Wood County. Although this particular site has not been dated...approximately 0.5 mm high, Schill Quarry, Vesper, Wood County, WI, photo by Dan Behnke. New Finds from Peru...something to talk about. Last year the Chiurucu Mine in Huanuco Department. proAuced the best rhodonitcs...by the Gem & Mineral Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. This was the results...Readers of the Mineral News may recall an editorial of mine in the April, 1990 Mineral News entitled: "Books
Report (issue)
c = 5.257(3) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Jeffrey mine, Canada. 2.63 (100), 3.73 (90), 5.29 (80), 2.266...(1) 66.9 0.1 (2) 65.14 34.86 100.00 (1) Jeffrey mine, Canada; by electron microprobe. (2) Cu(OH)2 . Occurrence:...serpentinized dunite (Jeffrey mine, Quebec, Canada). Association: Chalcocite, atacamite, copper, diopside, grossular...vesuvianite (Jeffrey mine, Quebec, Canada). Distribution: In Canada, in Quebec, from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos...Asbestos, and at Mont Saint-Hilaire. In the USA, at Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada, and from Bisbee, Cochise Co
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...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1972; Cailteux, 1974; Fleischeret al., 1976), the White Pine deposit(Ensignet al., 1968; Brown, 1971), as...authigenicmineralassemblages, suchascarby Brown(1971), White (1971), Lur'ye and Gablina bonatesand sulfates,indicatesthat...2, 8; 1972, fig. 12). White McArthurbasin(Muir, 1979),partsof the Gunpowder Pine copper mineralizationis...southeastNew Mexico (Sarg, 1981). None of the White Pine mine area, southof the high, and in the aboveexamplesoverlie...adjacent to stratiformcopperore deposits. this feature(White andWright, 1966). The KupferThe hematite-bearin
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Report (issue)
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