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Agate from
Tobin Harbor, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tobin Harbor, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:417208
Long-form Identifier:1:3:417208:6
GUID (UUID V4):f7762700-1ae1-44b9-b50b-fa0a26620908
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
7.0km (4.4 miles) Caribou Islands, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Conglomerate Bay, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) Siskiwit Bay, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
46.1km (28.7 miles) Senter Point, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Carnelian Beach, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Agate Beach, Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
61.4km (38.1 miles) Ontario Gem Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
61.8km (38.4 miles) Thunder Bay Agate mine, MacGregor Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
80.6km (50.1 miles) Eagle Harbor Marina, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) Agate Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
ROY/VLE Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE...Norman King 1926The geologic story of Isle Royale National Park. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1309) Bibliography:...Docs. No.: 119.3:1309 1. Geology-Michigan-Isle Royale National Park-Guide-books. I. Title. II. Series:...Lake Volcanics ______ Rock Harbor-Tobin Harbor area __________ Washington Harbor area_______________ An ancient...Copper Harbor Conglomerate ________ Tilting and breaking the rocks _____________ Isle Royale a small
Report (issue)
KEWEENAWAN) ON ISLE ROYALE, MICHIGAN Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service GEOLOGICAL...Keweenawan) on Isle Royale, Michigan By N. KING HUBER GEOLOGY OF ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL...PAPER 754-C Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Lake Volcanics on the Keweenaw Peninsula__ 3 The Portage Lake Volcanics on Isle Royale ....................------ 13 Scoville Point, Middle Point, and Tobin Harbor Flows -------------------------------- 13 Huginnin
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...the Bicentennial celebration: "to forge a new national commitment, a new spirit for '76, a spirit which...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
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
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:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry
Journal (issue)
2" up to 6"x 6" S0c to $10.00 • - -- • Agate in Idaho. Agate halves up nodules having blue, gray & white...$1.00, $2.00 and $3.00. • - - -• Red and white agate masses from Nevada 2"x 2" and 3"x 3" SOc and 75c...Montana 1 ½"x 1½" SOc up to $3.00 «- - -• Many agate cabochons - all colors SOc to $2.00 «---• Moss...FREAK SIMULATIONS IN AGATE. by Ernest Weulhaas ............ . ..... BLUE AGATE IN WASHINGTON. by C. N...N. Clfnesmtth ............. . ... . .. AGATE - SOME FACTS AND USES. by Peter zoaac ......... .......
Book (volume)
thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays...sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near agate in hardness
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...from the magazines or disvarious regional and national con- ventions. Perhaps among the stones you...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...they may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey...major cities who stock topographic maps. Maps of national forests can be obtained from the VS for DC ...deathtraps ACTIVE left the in upper peninsula of Michigan, where much of the was produced in the last century
Book (edition)
~ ele Or WHITMAN COLLEGE LIBRARY GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS PENROSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Whitman College...Class of 1957 25th ~ Reunion Fund GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS Third Edition Ann G. Harris Youngstown...eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock is volcanic. Photograph...Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve Shimer on pages 1...475, and 497 are maps of the national parks from A Guide to the National Parks—Their Landscape and Geology
Book
ifu/1 O ':!!""_...✓26 , EAGLE HARBOR ·=-'--~c--- TO COPPER HARBOR !ROCK SHOPSl r::::-::, LAKE BAILEY...IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...ma1or c1t1es who stock topographic maps Maps of national forests can be obtained from the U.S Forest Service...dug from the lava beds in Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te
Book (volume)
Special acknowledgment is due the United States National Museum, in particular to Dr. George Switzer, for...Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred C. Fagergren, Superintendent...respect to Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian...Historian Lloyd Abelson in the case of Pipestone National Monument. Information on gems and gemstones in the American...of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert W. Kelley of the Department of Conservation;
Book
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of Agate Opal and Its Varieties Recommendations for Use of...quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock...making je\veled ornaments set with precious coral, agate, motherof-pearl, and lapis laz11li brought from...malachite, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, onyx, and agate, especially valuing the deep red carnelian variety
Book (edition)
Minor time divisions are not included except for national parks where the terms significance. Adapted from...President, Director of National Book Program Alfred C. Grisanti Assistant Director of National Book Program Paul...Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY DEVELOPED...The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How Rocks Are...CLASSIFIED Geologic History 5. Canyonlands National Park 7 13 19 Box 1.2 AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGIC
 
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