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Natrolite from
Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Natrolite
Formula:Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Natrolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Central Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:415017
Long-form Identifier:1:3:415017:6
GUID (UUID V4):5a1218b2-c140-4a68-a047-7c7ef32ae994
Nearest other occurrences of Natrolite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Petherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Ashbed Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Arnold Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Lookout Point (Thomsonite Hill), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) St. Clair Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Garden City Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Amygdaloid Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Eagle Harbor Marina, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw 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
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)
as are composite crystal groups formed around a central crystal. Complex concentric structures are also...include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite...analcime crystals to 5 cm across associated with natrolite sprays, calcite, pectolite, apophyllite, and pale...the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...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...analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and quartz. The longevity of the lode...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because
Journal (issue)
copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...starting with Keweenaw Point and continuing in a southwestern direction to the White Pine mine at the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...laumontite. Analcime, barite, datolite, apophyllite , natrolite, and microcline (variety adularia) occur less...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. He now spends
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......................................C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...............................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
attributed to the Owl Creek fissure of the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix...3rd level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the...calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp, limpid 4...recent times. On the mine surface, beautiful microcrystals of analcime and natrolite can be collected on...Petherick mine workings along the Copper Falls fissure. 320 ROCKS & MINERALS Clark Mine The Clark mine, about
Journal (issue)
scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved
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
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...Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v.v. 40, 1 PREFACE PREFACE In 1983 1983..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...8-cm 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
Journal (issue)
doing what he loved: field collecting at an old mine in Nevada. Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite...specimens from the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Tech as it culled material and prepared for its...of the mineral collections at the University of Michigan. It was one of his collected specimens (see figure...modern Zimbabwe. “Rhodesia” was a large area in central Africa that was developed and named after Cecil...Bob knew how to do it all. In addition, Bob had mine signs, ore cars and innumerable publications and
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 (issue)
Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named
Show/Event (guide)
Abstracts of Contributed Papers The Mineralogy of Michigan by George W. Robinson 6 1 7 The Mineral Treasures...Banquet Dinner - Poolside 8:00-9:15 MINERALS OF MICHIGAN - Dr. George W. Robinson Dr. George Robinson is...is the Gabriel Professor of Mineralogy at Michigan Tech University, where he has curatorial responsibility...of Heinrich's classic book on the minerals of Michigan and that is his topic this evening. We most warmly...t i o n s on carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo byR. L. Mown 2:00
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3—Recent...years have passed since the last “News from the Keweenaw”; this article updates new finds to the spring...native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Since retiring...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...construction in the Keweenaw. However, extensive logging operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased
Catalog/List
good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...old stuff last summer on a show trip to northern Michigan. Got it right from a 65 year oJd ex-collector...the 1950's. From the iron mines around Champion, Michigan, you just can't get this material any more. Metallic...juat collected this spring immediately before the mine was closed for refilling and reolalmlng. There will
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of...George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents...to miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix)...Richard Rice, a lifetime resident of Washington County, Oregon, was a retired logging contractor. With
Book
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...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
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...have oxygen tightly bonded in a group around a central non-metallic ion. Oxides or carbonate, borate,...zeolite, sodalite, bonded in a group around a central silicon atom. kyanite, topaz, titanite, zircon...country. Very broadly, there are two great parts: a central core of very ancient and erosion-resistant rock...Between the western and eastern mountain ranges, the central plateau affords some opportunity for farming. With
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tewksbury, Great Britain; and Dr. George W. Robinson, Michigan Technological University. INVESTIGATION OF OXIDE...A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Tychnological University, Houghton, MI 49931. Text withdrawn pending...MICROMINERALS FROM BLACK JACK CANYON, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA. E. Grundel, 2000 S. 2d St., No. 8, Arlington...mileposts 162 and 163 near Black Jack Canyon, Greenlee County, Arizona. The specimens are found in the vesicles...Graham Counties,Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines, county geology map series 3-4. A NEW OCCURRENCE OF CUBIC
 
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