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Silver from
Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Unincorporated Community
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper2 photos of Silver associated with Copper at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:417219
Long-form Identifier:1:3:417219:2
GUID (UUID V4):37653c73-e15b-441c-8e10-c3b2d5353390
Localities for Silver in this Region
Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ā“˜Medora Mine, Mandan, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ā“˜Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ā“˜Delaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine), Delaware, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) ā“˜Eagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Central Exploration Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Thomas Shaft, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
23.7km (14.8 miles) ā“˜Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ā“˜Petherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, Ā«Ahmoek SLE ROYALE...Ishpeming + HiUM boig, Ā«Palmer Ā«Republic SOME COPPER COUNTRY NAMES AND PLACES COPYRIGHT May 23, 1975...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...ice a nineOo by Copper Island Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S...this. NOTE publication indicates, here are "Some Copper Country Names and Places." I realize that not
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
Book
and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. By...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-37-X...fire Copper tower Mining Company Company Company and Company Mining Mining Copper Keweenaw Company;...Bohemia in Keweenaw County. The French name Lac La Belle means "beautiful lake." This area of Grant Township...prehistoric copper mining site where prehistoric Native Americans collected and processed copper for their
Report (issue)
filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...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)
Survey, National Center-MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received October 10, 1990; accepted after revision...1 ) native copper deposits in basalts and interflow sediments; (2) sediment-hosted copper sulfide and...and native copper; (3) copper sulfide veins and lodes hosted by rift-related volcanic and sedimentary rocks;...hydrothermal sulfides occur (i.e., shale-hosted copper sulfides), the source of sulfur was local sedimentary...Survey, National Center--MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA. tinent rift system (MRS) of North America is one
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..."Field Guide to the Geology Geology of the the Keweenaw Keweenaw Annual Institute Institute on on Lake Lake...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983) for
Book
MINE Miners breaking up a giant mass of pure copper. One mass found on the seventh level measured...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-52-3...asc 32 PONS: WO.t Gai @Clos ee eye Medical Copper SOU service mining le ee Slater ----------------...andmpostone copper Herpor Mining Company of Pittsburgh. It was always knownvas first copper the mine...first mine pay a dividend from Lake Superior to copper. According Charles to sAvenysmtines Companyernesi
Book
ā€¢ s THĀ£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..ā€¢.....ā€¢........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN ā€¢ 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition ā€¢ 1964 This edition was published...in the fabulous and historic region known as the Copper Country. First printing, July, 1964 Second printing
Report (issue)
Michiganā€™s Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents.......................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ............................................................ 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country .........................................Ontonagon Copper Boulder ............................................................... 18 The Copper Rush...Michiganā€™s Copper Country ā€“ CMG 92 01 - page 1 of 144 Preface Few people realize that Michigan's copper had
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The ā€œCopper Kingā€ The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Stratiform Copper Deposit, Upper Peninsula, Michigan Theodore J. Bornhorst1,ā€  and William...Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, 1404 E. Sharon Avenue, Houghton, Michigan 49931 2 Orvana...located in Gogebic County, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, within the Porcupine Mountains copper district. It was...production projected in the near future. Stratiform copper mineralization is hosted by gray to black shales...and siltstones of the basal Nonesuch Formation. Copper mineralization is overlain by laminated gray siltstones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1.1 Ga Midcontinental Rift of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA Ria L. Mitchell a,āˆ— , Nathan D. Sheldon...of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA b ...debris ļ¬‚ow sedimentary rocks from the Keweenaw Peninsula (Michigan, USA) are geochemically characterized to...Lake Volcanics, coarseness and source-varied Copper Harbor Conglomerate, and the quartz-rich post-rift...lithologically-varied range of localities across the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Provenance indicators such as Ti/Zr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3ā€”Recent...Michiganā€™s Copper Country Eleventh in a series of articles on the mines and minerals of Michiganā€™s Copper Country...storms, exposing calcite/quartz veins in the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. Authorā€™s photo. TOM ROSEMEYER...minor and major, continue to be made in Michiganā€™s Copper Country. The May/June 1998 and the November/December...years have passed since the last ā€œNews from the Keweenawā€; this article updates new finds to the spring
Journal (issue)
MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ā€¢ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ā€¢ Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARYā€“FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines.................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan......................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...Besse. arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered...at the Gull Rock fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV...localities are arranged geographically, starting with Keweenaw Point and continuing in a southwestern direction...end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off Keweenaw Point have drawn much attention
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...05:05 09 June 2012 Lake Superior Native Copper District Fifteenth in a series of articles on the mines...Michiganā€™s Copper Country 298 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Considered by some to be the finest copper specimen...specimen in the world, this 6 Ɨ 8-cm crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the...and the piece is now on display in the special Copper Country collection case; Jeff Scovil photo. Downloaded
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 (article/letter/editorial)
mines and minerals of Michiganā€™s Copper Country flep)LOSO ofrhe Copper Range Company, White Pine, Michrgm...western part of Ontonagon County, Michigan. The area is accessible by Michigan Highway 64, which winds...above Lake Superior. The mine lies within a belt of copper-bearing Precambrian rocks that extends from Mellen...the Keweenaw Peninsula, a distance of 160 miles. The White Pine sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposit...that contain the world-famous native-copper deposits of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The main ore mineral in
Book
Park 13700 13.25 LaneĀ Ā Garden, Michigan 49835 Tel: (906) 644-2603 Keweenaw Peninsula Jill Barbour (jnbarbour@mtu...Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton...Rocks National Lakeshore P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 49862 Tel: (906) 387-2607 / Email: David_Kronk@nps...Mining Engineering and Sciences (adjunct) Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 Tel: (906) 227-1176...Porritt, Dept of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Michigan Technological University Michelle Miller, Center
Journal (volume)
MILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE... COPPER SMELTING AT DETROIT , MICHIGAN ...... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.......Petroleum Company, of New York , New York and Michigan Silver -Lead Company - L'Anse Mining Company, Lake...209 Embracing Oil , Coal, Iron , Lead, Copper , Gold , and Silver -- For Sale at the Real Estate and Mineral...Prospects of the Mining District about it - The Old Silver Hill Districts-- The Mountains - Well Districts--Clan..... 281 Notice to the Directors of Gold , Silver, Copper, Lead , and Iron Mining Companies -Assaying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix of crystallized copper. The...Figure 49. Perhaps the finest cubic copper crystal recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. The 1...level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the clay...the finest calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp...striking contrast with the rugged surface of the copper matrix. The specimen was part of the L. L. Hubbard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw County...County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University...Houghton. He now spends a good part of the year in the Copper Country researching and writing articles about...articles on the mines and minerals of Michiganā€™s Copper Country Downloaded by [Lakehead University] at...March 2015 L ocated in the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan are two small manganese oxide deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WHITE PINE-PRESQUE ISLE STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATION, NORTHERN MICHIGAN Alex C. Brownā€  13250 rue Acadie...Quebec, Canada H9A 1K9 Abstract Economic stratiform copper mineralization in the fine-grained, carbonaceous...White Pine-Presque Isle mining district, northern Michigan, has long been explained by the essentially vertical...strata from the underlying Copper Harbor Conglomerate aquifer, followed by copper precipitation mainly by...Based on that model, why do lesser amounts of total copper, measured in vertical sections, occur in coarser
Book
> HISTORY AND REVIEW OF THE COPPER, IRON, SILVER, SLATE AND OTHER Material Interests OF...the copper region, very nearly complete history of the discovery and development of the copper interest...s very interesting paper on the "Ancient Copper Miners of Lake The geology of the Iron District;...derived from others that part of the book relating to copper, "be being, so far as he is concerned,...inti mate to the world the existence of native copper on the shores of Lake Superior. In the seventeenth
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BOUNDARIES Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines 1840-1875 LARRY LANKTON New York Oxford...boundaries : life and landscape at the Lake Superior copper mines, 1840-1875 / Larry Lankton. p. cm. Includes...0-19-510804-3 1. Copper industry and tradeā€”Michiganā€”Keweenaw PeninsulaHistoryā€”i9th century. 2. Copper minersā€”Michiganā€”Keweenaw...minersā€”Michiganā€”Keweenaw Peninsulaā€”Historyā€”1910 century. I. Lankton, Larry. grave. II. Title. HD9539-C7U547...it the "Lake Superior copper district," the "Keweenaw Peninsula," and the "Copper Country." In the mid-nineteenth
 
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