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Marcasite from
Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iron River, Iron County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416673:3
GUID (UUID V4):d6923ba9-1eb8-4ed7-9204-3dd78e37a182
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
4.0km (2.5 miles) Buck Mine, Buck Group, Gaastra, Iron County, Michigan, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) Groveland Mine, Randville, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
61.4km (38.1 miles) Ohio Mines (Imperial Mine; Webster Mine), Imperial Heights, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
62.7km (38.9 miles) Imperial Mine, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
63.5km (39.4 miles) Highway 69 Roadcut, Felch, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) Unnamed prospects, Felch, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) West Vulcan Mine, Vulcan, Dickinson County, Michigan, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles) Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) Phoenix pits (North Dalliba; North Phoenix), Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) East Vulcan Mine, Vulcan, Dickinson 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ishpeming, Michigan, USA The Cuyuna sulfde deposit is located in south central Aitkin County in an outlying...outlying area of the Cuyuna Iron Range, Minnesota. The principal ore minerals are pyrrhotite and pyrite...pyrite, whereas magnetite and marcasite are subordinate. In addition, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite...Four generations of pyrite two generations of marcasite and three generations of Magnetite have been recorded...relations displayed by the ore minerals indicate that an iron formation, originally containing sedimentary sul~de
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)
Cold Iron "Gold is for the mistress-silvet for the maidCopper foi the craftsman cuntiina at his trade..."Good," said the Baron, sitting i i his hall, "But Iron-Cold lran-is master of them all." -Rudyard RAMON...24 November 2014 Marquctle, Michigan 49855 Specimen recovery in the Iron Country is still possible, and...15:24 24 November 2014 and Minerals o f igan's Iron Countrv w Upper Peninsula Downloaded by [UQ Library]...showing the Iron Country counties described in the text. In this article, the definition of Iron Country
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 (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:...pitsBarite, Geodes, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals;  area mines, as important producersBarite
Report (issue)
of Geochemistry ' * Chapter W. Chemistry of the Iron-rich Sedimentary Rocks GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...FLEISCHER, Technical Editor Chapter W. Chemistry of the Iron-rich Sedimentary Rocks By HAROLD L. JAMES GEOLOGICAL...PAPER 440-W Chemical composition and occurrence of iron-bearing minerals of sedimentary rocks, and composition...distribution, and geochemistry of ironstones and iron-formations UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE..._________ ___________________ Iron minerals of sedimentary rocks __ ______ Iron oxides __ _______________________
Report (issue)
giving information on the occurrence of sulfur and iron sulfides. Older publications that have been superseded...ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX MAF 1. Pyrite and marcasite deposits, some containing other recoverable metals...metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain pyrites. 4...deposits, pyrites deposits (including pyrite, marcasite, or pyrrhotite deposits, that commonly contain...zinc, lead, iron, gold, molybdenum, etc. deposits) containing significant amounts of iron sulfides, and
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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
Book (edition)
MISSOURI ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO • MICHIGAN • NEBRASKA • IOWA WISCONSIN Digitized by...and the Tourist Field includes SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS •...40 North Dakota 43 Indiana . 45 Ohio 46 Michigan 50 Missouri 53 j- Kansas 5Q Iowa 60 -...matrix. Or you may visit the beach at Petoskey, Michigan, and find a stone glistening from the receding...necessary to keep you alive. Your blood has to have its iron, your bones their calcium, your glands their iodine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOCHEMICAL DISTINCTIONS AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL TYPES OF IRON FORMATIONS MICHAEL M. KIMBERLEY Department of...environmental types of iron formations. Chem. Geol., 25:185--212 Classification of iron formations according...major iron-formation types are largely independent of deposit age. No evidence is found in iron formations...abundant inland seas. Shallow-volcanic-platform iron formations typically display large positive europium...phosphorus and alkali content, even within individual iron formations. Various minor-el6ment abundances may
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...Dogtooth crystal of white calcite with a golden iron-oxide sheen that gives off somewhat of a rainbow
Report (issue)
Flint Topography Upland Valleys Mounds Mississippi River gorge Drainage Terraces Depositional terraces Erosional...ore bodies Copper production Iron sulfide production Barite production Iron production General features...Pyrite(FeS2) Cobaltite(?) (CoAsS) or Smaltite(?) (CoAs2) Marcasite(FeS2) Bra voite (NiFe) S2) Violarite(NiFeS4) Oxides...o2 Glauconite (essentially a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium) Zincian montmorillonite Phosphates...(S 04)5•1711L0) "Honessite" (hydrous basic nickel iron sulfate) Elements present in small quantities in
Book
Oxon 0X14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an im print o f the Taylor & Francis...QE390.I53 1989 552 \0 6 88-3015 ISBN 0-470-21072-9 (USA only) CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements ix...115 116 117 119 120 121 122 Contents viii Marcasite Millerite Molybdenite Niccolite Pentlandite Platinum...the years from teaching students in the UK and the USA and from the feedback they have provided. Professor...The laps themselves may be constructed from cast-iron, aluminium, copper or lead and different laps may
Report (issue)
AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE IRON RIVER DISTRICT IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN By Harold L. James and Kenneth...cooperation of the Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Conservation WASHINGTON, D. C....AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE IRON RIVER DISTRICT. ffiON ·COUNTY, MICHIGAN By Harold L. James and Kenneth...• • • • • • Footwall strata..................... Iron-f'orma tion. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...geology in the eastern part of' the Iron River district, Iron County; Michigan .* Hap of' magnetic data in the
Catalog/List
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...GRAPHITE· Closed Road Cut, U.S. Hwy. 41, Champion, Michigan: Excellent large 2 to 4 inch chunks of this erement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Survey, National Center-MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received October 10, 1990; accepted after revision...Survey, National Center--MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA. tinent rift system (MRS) of North America is one...Superior Province, Archean and Proterozoic gneisses, iron-formation, and sedimentary rocks along the western... ONIARIO WISCONSIN 3.6-1.85 1.85 'li'J i MICHIGAN ILLINOIS 1.5-1.4 i i 1.1 j ' i IZ IIII i...Locationof the rift south of LakeSuperiorin Minnesota,Michigan,Wisconsin,Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas is inferred
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...scrabbling for agates amor1g the gravel bars of the river Achates (now called Drillo), which flows through...stating that they were first found in Sicily near the river Achates, hence the name "agate." Pliny wrote: "It...polished moss agates of Montana's famed Yellowstone River gravel bars knows fully whereof Pliny spoke. Pliny...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will
Report (volume)
deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (issue)
uranium minera)s ___________ _ Magnetite or other iron oxide-bearing veins _______ _ Vejps dominantly of...uranium in northern Saskatchewan, Canada; near Blind River, Canada ; and in the Witwatersrand, South Africa...known to occur in the Leyden Coal mine~ Jefferson County, Colo., as early as 1875 (Berthoud, 1875, p. 365)...Davis, 1919), which yielded several the Montreal River on the east shore of Lake Superior carloads of ore...called the mineral coracite because he thought Routt County, Colo. (Gale, 1908); and deposits at San that although
Journal (issue)
rights reserved. COLLECTING MICHIGAN MINERALS, by John F. Mihelcic Michigan is rich in rewards for Rockhounds...Northern Illinois LARGEST KNOWN MaAss OF NATIVE IRON IN This is the first publication of an abstract... $3.00, $3.50. Canon Diablo meteorite. Complete iron me teorites from a famous meteorite crater About...Collecting Michigan by JOHN THE MINERAL COLLECTOR is in his element at almost any point in Michigan Starting...permission to enter upon private property The Michigan Mineralogical Society, as a unit, and members
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the White Pine Copper Deposit, OntonagonCounty, Michigan ALEXANDER C. BROWN Abstract The top of the cupriferouszone...cupriferouszone in the lower NonesuchShale of Northern Michigan is characterizedby an abrupt zonationof Cu-Fe...includingboth the upward into initially pyritic shales. Iron River and PresqueIsle synclines. The writer's Kelly...the northeast- southwesttrending axis of the Iron River syncline betweenthe PorcupineMountain uplift...euhedrain the form of sphericalstruchematite,marcasite,pyrite, sphalerite,and wurtzite. tures which resembleframboidal
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................deposits of some others, such as clay, coal, and iron ore, are mentioned only in general terms. One material...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.;
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...from which metals, particularly copper and later iron, could be extracted by various techniques of smelting...became extinct except for such necessary metals as iron, copper, tin, and silver. That mining and metal-extracting
 
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