 | | 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 | | 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) | | 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) | | of the NegauneeIron Formation, Marquette District, Northern Michigan. Mineralogy, Metamorphic Reactions...regionalmetamorphismof the NegauneeIron Formationin the Marquette district from chlorite to sillimanitegrade has...Mg)OAI2Os-Fe2Os-SiO2-CO2-H20. IN the Marquette district of northern Michigan the NegauneeIron Formationand associated...Metropolis The lowest metamorphic-gradeNegaunee Iron mine localitysuggestmetamorphicpressures of be- Form...ankerite _+siderite __+magnetite, and siderite + Champion, Metropolis,and TL1 localitiesindicate a quartz |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as the mine develops and—maybe—this is the one, only and last. Who knows? COLLECTING IN MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA...Chippewa Falls, Wise. After quite some research on Michigan minerals and collecting areas we felt ready to...started with the old mines at Norway and Vulcan, Michigan, near the Wisconsin border. We arrived at Norway...weather was nice and cool for climbing over the mine dumps. Most of the rock piles in this area are overgrown...found lovely specimens of white satiny prisms of tremolite. Twelve miles east of Randville is located the |  | | Journal (issue) | | large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...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) | | PETRIFACTS AND MINERALS from Oil-schist-mine at Messel near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany by Dr. Werner...path led us down the terraced sides of the open mine—or quarry if you prefer— until we reached the bottom...authority there is enough raw material to keep the mine going for another 100 years. It may be interesting...K^r^ f v i ?> - ^ - ; Fig. 2 Profile of the open mine at Menel 548 ROCKS AND MINERALS of supporting...another track, going to a different part of the mine. Incidentally the cars are not coupled together |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A ~ / I9 4 2-Pyroxene ~/z/, ; ALLENDALE 'CHAMPION / / //~H20-T l~176176UPl "UMBERUMBERKA 9 "CENTENNIAL...low activity of amphibole end-members such as tremolite and cummingtonite in natural hornblendes, and...Willyama hornblendes follows Powell (1978), and for tremolite gives: a(Ca2MgsSisO/2(OH)2, Hb) __ -- Js 2 ...Cpx) = Jfc., M2* XMg,m. The upper stability of tremolite has been determined between 0.4 and 2 kb (Boyd...CaO Na20 K20 Si AI4 A16 Cr Fe Ti Mn Mg Ca Na K Champion 555 723 46.55 0.90 6.97 0.07 17.84 0.21 11.02 |  | | Catalog/List | | limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional favorite...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont...Vermont. It is reported from Stoddard, Cheshire County, and from the Palermo and Charles Davis pegmatites (possibly...(possibly scorzalite) at North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lazulite is best known in the southeastern...“quartzite” matrix from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. The 4.6-cm-high specimen is in the Kevin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...photo. SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of |  | | | | and in conglo¬ merates in Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South...Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Book (edition) | | basalts and in conglomerates in Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South...Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Arts & Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan © R. V. Dietrich and the Research...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...have been completed. R. V. Dietrich Mt. Pleasant, Michigan September 1, 1969 3 Check List of Virginia...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning |  | | Journal (issue) | | TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold, tetrn dymite, limonite...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite, ferroan dolomite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Report (volume) | | 1 Map No. Sample Location Quadrangle Eureka mine road _________ Chetco Pass road _________ Illinios...Ferromagnesian minerals alter to chlorite and tremolite or, in some rocks such as the Sultan Basin and...rocks X Approximate position of sample D, Eureka mine road (vertical section) (7-RD-6D-A). E, Sultan Basin...ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS TABLE Sample Location --1 Eureka mine Road, Oreg. 1.-Mineral assemblages and occurrences...12 <4 <20 40 Total Fe given as Fe20a. 1. Eureka mine Road, Oreg. 2. Chetco Pass Road, Oreg. 3. Illinois |  | | 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 George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona.................................................I l l by G. Novak & W. W. Besse The Michigan gold belt ......................................reports whicl sometimes contain photos, maps and mine diagrams. This i: valuable information to have preserved |  | Pawley, M. J., Wingate, M. T. D., Kirkland, C. L., Wyche, S., Hall, C. E., Romano, S. S., Doublier, M. P. (2012) Adding pieces to the puzzle: episodic crustal growth and a new terrane in the northeast Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59 (5) 603-623 doi:10.1080/08120099.2012.696555 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphosed to amphibolite, chlorite schist, and tremolite–chlorite– talc schist (Figure 4; Pawley & Hall...units, fine-grained siliciclastic rocks, and tremolite– chlorite schist (likely after komatiitic basalt;...the central part of the belt, near the Famous Blue mine, there is a succession of interbedded felsic volcaniclastic...rocks, commonly metamorphosed to talc– serpentine–tremolite+chlorite schists, occur throughout the succession... (d) Radiating clusters of tremolite on the foliation plane of tremolite–chlorite schists (after komatiitic |  | | 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) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Goldfields Superterrane (Champion and Sheraton, 1997; Cassidy et al., 2002; Champion and Cassidy, 2007). Recent...data (Nelson, 1997, 1999; Champion, 1997; Fletcher et al., 2001; Champion and Cassidy, 2002, 2007; Cassidy...Research 174 (2009) 287–309 al., 2003; Cassidy and Champion, 2004) show that granitoids were emplaced during...chlorite, iron oxides pseudomorphing olivine; tremolite, actinolite, chlorite after pyroxene and plagioclase;...acicular, random, subparallel to subradiating tremolite-actinolite needles after skeletal pyroxene grains |
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