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Augite from
Canyon Creek, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canyon Creek, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:401679
Long-form Identifier:1:3:401679:3
GUID (UUID V4):dffe16d4-755a-4b96-8c35-87e0faae05dc
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
21.3km (13.2 miles) Bergland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
57.4km (35.7 miles) Echo Lake Intrusion, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
63.2km (39.3 miles) Bond Falls Storage Area, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Ashland Black Granite Quarry, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
72.8km (45.2 miles) Potato River intrusion, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) Quarry Road quarry, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) Mineral Lake lookout tower, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
94.4km (58.7 miles) Keweenawan gabbros, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA
References
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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
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(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
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Stratigraphic sections uf Tertiary sedimentary rocks, Canyon Creek area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyo.___...volcanic minerals in middle and upper Eocene rocks, Canyon Creek area.______________ 7 3. Variation in roundness...TABLE 1. Minerals in Tertiary sedimentary rocks, Canyon Creek area____ _______-__-__-__-___________----_-____-...Stratigraphic sections of Tertiary sedimentary rocks, Canyon Creek area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyo____...volcanic minerals in middle and upper Eocene rocks, Canyon Creek area.______________ 7 3. Variation in roundness
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Franklin Canyon Formation .......................... Boulders of meta-andesite with augite phenocrysts...lensed phyllite of the Calaveras Formation along Canyon Creek...............................................Agglomerate layers in folded basaltic meta-andesite on Canyon Creek...............................................that metavolcanic rocks, designated the Franklin Canyon Formation, have chemical characteristics and a... The volcanism in the island arc (the Franklin Canyon Formation) was a result of development of a late
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southeastern part of Shoshone County and in the northcentral part of Clearwater County (fig. 1). It joins the...prominent mountain that rises 5,000 feet above the canyon of the Little North Fork of the Clearwater River...altitude of the North Fork of the Clearwater River at Canyon Ranger Station is 1,700 feet. Most of the area...southfacing slopes. North-facing slopes and most creek bottoms are eovered by talus and soil. Much of the...southeastern corner of the geologic map of Shoshone County by Umpleby and Jones (1923). They divided the Wallace
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faults within the mass, particularly in Plumas county, at the north end of the range. In another respect...JuraTrias beds northwest of Lake Tahoe are the Sailor-Canyon and 388 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. Milton series...most common in the porphyrite is augite, but large masses contain augite in very subordinate amount. Certain...layers is exposed by the road to Plymouth, in Amador county, northwest of Sugar Loaf, and at other points,...northwest of Golden Gate Mountain in Calaveras county. It is to be presumed that these conglomerates
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...................... 1. Eocks from Aroostook County I............................. 19 19 2. Litchfieldite...56 1. Elliott County dike........................................ 56 2. Crittenden County dike...........Marquette region, Michigan................................. 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan ................... 168 169 1. Basalts from the Eio Grande Canyon........................ 2. Mount Taylor region....................................... 3. Colfax County.......".......................................
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5. Sketch showing topographic relations in Lobo Canyon-________-___--_--___-_----_--_---_-_--_-------...about 2,500 feet deep, drained eastward by Water Canyon Creek, which has cut its way through the east flank...limit will be drawn arbitrarily at Water Canyon and the canyon that heads southeast of San Mateo. South...LOOKING NORTHEAST ACROSS EROSION SURFACE IN LORO CANYON. This surface, capped with a very thin mantle of...ridges between valleys eroded in the shale. Lobo Canyon contains a notable exception to the general rule
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Conant Creek anticline___________________________ White River Formation east of the Conant Creek anticline... Area west of Conant Creek anticline_________________ Area east of Conant Creek anticline__________________...Tertiary rocks, western part of Beaver Rim, Fremont County, Wyo. 5. Stratigraphic sections of Tertiary rocks...rocks, Rim triangulation station to Canyon Creek. CONTENTS PLA.TE v 6. Diagrammatic profiles of the...photograph of Beaver Rim escarpment east of Conant Creek anticline ______________________ -_________________
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Lamprophyres . • Geochemistry • Dating Rock Canyon Creek Fluorite/Rare Earth Element Showing (82J/3E)...SYENITE GNEISS COMPLEXES IN THE OMINECA BELT Manson Creek Area (93N/9) Carbonatites Silicate Phases Fenites...Intrusive Carbonatites (82M/7) Fenites Ratchford Creek (Ren) Intrusive Carbonatite (82M/7) Intrusive Syenite...Area (Larry Claims) (83C/3 Lens Mountain and Mons Creek Areas (Jack and Mike Claims) (82N/14, 15) Valenciennes...Geological map of Bearpaw Ridge Geology of the Rock Canyon Creek fluorite/rare earth showing 7. Chondrite-normalized
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tuff Rhyolite of Little Peak Quartz latite of Sage Creek Older volcanic rocks near the Cordero mine Trachyandesite...19 19 20 24 24 27 - Quartz latite of McConnell Canyon 30 Rhyolite of McCorraick Ranch Radiometric ages...caldera ' = Double H Mountain Bilk Creek -Mountains . Trout Creek Mountains Lower Unit Upper Units Peripheral...Hoppin Peaks Rhyolite of McDermitt Creek TAlkali rhyolite of Washburn Creek -Quartz latite of Black Mountain...latite of Sage Creek Modes of andesites and basalts from the quartz latite of Sage Creek Modes of trachyandesite
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...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous...1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike.........Marquette region, Michigan..................................... 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan..................................... . 3. Keweenaw Point, Michigan..................................... 4. Menominee................................ Rocks of Cripple Creek district..............'................... Miscellaneous
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crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook County 2. Litchtieldite and associated minerals New lIampshire...Carolina (ieorgia Kentucky 1. Elliott County (like 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Texas...region 1. Marquette region, Michigan 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan 3 4 CONTENTS. Analyses-Continued... Pike's Peak district Granite Rocks of Cripple Creek district Miscellaneous rocks 3. Silver Cliff and...Basalts from the Rio Grande Canyon 2. Mount Taylor region 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks Arizona
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Mount Baker .......1............... 57 Basaltic augite-andesite .....--.-..-........----....-.-.-. 59...-diorite ..........._.......---_....... Quartz-augite-mica-diorite'..-.-.----..-.------..-.--...-. Gabbros...pyroxenites of Mount Chopaka ........... Saxonite of Ruby Creek .____...__..._..__...--_.,-..___._. Hypabyssal rocks...forming crest of Hozomeen Range, head of Three Fools Creek, Washington............... III. A, Amphitheater...Chilliwhack Lake, so that the region between Silicia Creek and Skagit River was not visited. The route followed
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...................... 27 Andesite of Martin Creek................................. 29 Dac ite of...Andesites of Mill Canyon................................. 38 Andesite of Onion Creek......................................... 43 Andesite of Bailey Creek................................. 44 Andesite of...................... 45 Andesite of Blue Lake Canyon............................. 46 Dacite of Twin......................... 54 Andesite of Digger Creek................................. 55 Andesite of
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subophitic clouded andesinelabradorite and granular augite, the latter peripherally replaced by hornblende...EXPLANATION E 3 GRANITIC g=l GNEISS TERRAIN 10 KM CANYON CR. DOYLE CR. AREA 108°00 107°00 Figure 1. Index...rock Whole rock Whole rock Plagioclase Augite Plagioclase Augite Plagioclase phenocryst Plagioclase phenocryst...rock Whole rock Plagioclase Hornblende Plagioclase Augite Whole rock Whole rock Whole rock Whole rock Whole...Burgess Junction—Tongue River area. Canyon C r e e k - D o y l e Creek area. Burgess Junction—Tongue River
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IRON ORE ON CANYON CREEK, FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA By ERNEST F. BURCHARD INTRODUCTION...deposits here described consist of two groups along Canyon Creek 2 to 3 miles east of the west border of the...east and west sides of Canyon Creek just south of the mouth of Bear Spring Canyon (fig. 7), and the others...or 5 miles farther south, on the left side of Canyon Creek 51 52 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,...Mountain opposite and below the mouth of Willow Creek (fig. 9). No land surveys have been made in the
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crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook 'County 2. Miscellaneous rocks5 v New Hampshire 5 Vermont...Carolina Georgia Kentucky 1.. Elliott County dike 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma...Marquette region, Michigan 2. Crystal Falls district, Michigan 5 3. Keweenaw Point, Michigan 4. Menominee...Pikes Peak district Granite 5 Rocks of Cripple Creek district Miscellaneous rocks 5 3. Apishapa quadrangle...Basalts from the Rio Grande Canyon 5 2. Mount Taylor region 5 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks 5
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Geology of the Coeur dl\lene District Shoshone County Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ...Geology of the Coeur di\lene District Shoshone County Idaho By S. WARREN HOBBS, ALLAN B. GRIGGS, ROBERT...Dobson Pass fault_ __ ------------------_Placer Creek fault_ _____ ---------------Faults in the Smelterville...Divide fault ____________ - ___ ------ ---- -Trapper Creek f~ult_ ______._____________ _ Ross fault ________...Blackcloud fault_ ______________ ------- __ Moon Creek fault ______________________ _ Terror Gulch fault
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3PreliminaryReport on the geology of Franklin county, Pt. III, by H. P. CUSHING:Eighteenth Annual Report...75-128. With geological map. 441 442 REVIEWS county, New York. These are classified as Grenville (Algonkian)...occupy large areas. In the northern portion of the county, Upper Cambrian rocks overlie the pre-Cambrian...area in Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, is an augite syenite of igneous origin, although it passes into... Elizabethtown, and Newcomb townships in Essex county, New York, and presents a geological map of the
Report (volume)
Photograph of abandoned placer mining property on Uhler Creek..-,___________________-___-____--__--__ 29 PLATE...tributaries, including Walker Fork, Jack Wade Creek, and Chicken Creek. L. M. Prindle did considerable geologic...helpful, especially William Meldrum on Stonehouse Creek; George Robinson at Jack Wade; the late Fred Purdy...Fortyfive Pup; and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilkey on Canyon Creek. Mrs. John Fisher, formerly at Chicken, loaned...vicinity of Chicken, at the mouth of Napoleon Creek, and on Baby Creek. All the Tertiary and older rocks have
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BULLETIN 539 SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO BY JOSEPH B. UMPLEBY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT......... Future of mining in northwestern Custer County......................... Mining districts.............................................. 89 Loon Creek district..........................................northwestern Ouster County, Idaho ......................................... II. A, Salmon Canyon, with Clayton...Clayton in the foreground; B, Bay Horse Canyon as seen from a point near its head....................... III
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Geology of the Tepee Creek Quadrangle Montana -Wyoming GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 609 ... Geology of the Tepee Creek Quadrangle Montana-Wyomin By IRVING J. WITKIND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...__ Lodgepole Limestone._______________ Mission Canyon Limestone._________ Mississippian and Pennsylvanian_____________...66 Cabin Creek zone_______________________ 67 Kirkwood anticline____..________-_ 67 Cabin Creek syncline_-------------_67...7 Skyline anticline--__________________ 67 Red Canyon anticline.______________ 68 Dutchman Basin syncline
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deformed in northern Gila County and in the southwest corner of Navajo County areas that are structurally...The low'est, a remnant only in northwestern Gila County, is well-sorted arkose characterized by very large...northern Arizona the Grand Canyon Series is exposed along the depths of the Grand Canyon in outcrops that aggregate...sharply defined and extends northwest through Gila County and is 40-50 miles south of the Mogollon Eim (fig...examining an iron-ore deposit near the head of Canyon Creek during the winter of 1941-42. Prime stratigraphic
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...................................... 68 x Canyon Creek Consolidated Gold mines.......................................................... 85 Collier Creek prospect..........................................near Galice Creek................................ 98 Old-channel gravels near Briggs Creek..................... 102 Placers of Sixes River and Johnson Creek............................ 102 Placers of the Umpqua...... 104 Wolf Creek district..........................:................. 104 Grave Creek district....
 
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