 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | istory and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine Ontonagon County, Michigan Ninth in a series of articles on the...No. 2 (Indiana Copper Company) mine dump in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The individual crystals, which...State Highways 26 and 38 (Lake Mine Junction) in northern Ontonagon County. The property consists of 1,280...R. 37 W., Greenland Township. The 2-square-mile property is owned by the state of Michigan and is traversed...Mineralization Volcanic rocks that crop out in the mine area are part of the Portage Lake Volcanics (PLV) |  | | 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...NoneĀ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | Journal (issue) | | large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper Kingā 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 | | Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised ā¢ by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 Ā© 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) | | Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. The near-shore find, now called the Laker...Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University. He now...August 2008, Barron and Peterson left Calumet, Michigan, with Petersonās 23-foot cabin cruiser in tow...open fissure. The crystals show a dark patina of cuprite and tenorite, which adds a lake-weathered beauty...dodecahedra partially encrusted with brick-red cuprite. Almost a half-gallon of these tiny specimens were |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .............................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.................................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was...came with the closing of the White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, in September 1995. New, stringent environmental...meet emission standards led to its demise. The Michigan Copper Country contains the largest-known native |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |  | | 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) | | Through the āScope The Flambeau Mine Rusk County, Wisconsin June 1993-March 1997 TOM ROSEMEYER P.O....Photo by Peter Rodewald, March 1995. T he Flambeau mine is a memory. On 7 March 1997 the last copper-gold-silver...The Flambeau mine has the distinction of being the smallest and richest open-pit copper mine in North America...America, and throughout its short life the mine produced 399 million pounds of copper, 190,000 ounces...Mining Company. In the past few years the Flambeau mine has become a premier world-class locality for sheer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg dāOisan, IsĆØre, France...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collectorās Edge Minerals,...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by Jeff Scovil THE COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical...Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement... Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall...Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; Ken Donn photo. Chalcedony on chrysocolla |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | Book | | 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2)...(8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History...81-160 161-240 241-320 321--400 [ 1-104 GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 ā¢MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for the construction... resulting in the slow disappearance of smaller mine dumps. The end of copper mining in the Portage Lake...of the Copper Range Companyās Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University] |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena...5.5 Ć 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Authorās 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lode Houghton County, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of the dense basalt matrix at the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump. These small and inexpensive detectors have...agate itself. Collected by Ray Just, C & H No. 21 mine, 10 July 2011. uring the past sixty years (1952ā2012)...various mine dumps along the Kearsarge copper-bearing amygdaloidal lode in Houghton County, Michigan. These...excavating the agatebearing zone of the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump during the annual Copper Country Mineral Retreat |  | | Journal (issue) | | By Steve Voynick 55 An Anti-Atlas Amethyst Adventure By Bob Farrar 60 Generations of Rockhounds Part...twist of fate or a bit of luck that a summer rock adventure led to a rock-filled job! 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Heinrich (Robinson, 2004), or in Mineralogy of Michigan Update (Robinson...primary Preliminary SEMJEDS analyses conducted at Michigan Technological University showed only Na, Al, Si |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PrOlitleEt - K EWEENAW I - COUNTY, -~ __ -- ---K--- MICHIGAN Tom Rosemcyer n 1990 dodecahedra1...the Keweenaw Peninsula Peninsula. in northern Michigan. The vein History outcrop, known locally as Point...the original patina of azurite, malachite, and cuprite (clow-up view in flg. 6). The specimen waa recovered...owner of Keweenaw Gem & Gift, Inc., in Houghton, Michigan. When Flood inquired as to the source of the material...Harbor, L Keweenaw LmESu?~OB OO?PMb DISTRIOT County Copper Harbor Eagle River 20 miles 20 kilometers |
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