 | | 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 . |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...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...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...UNIVERSITY] at 03:21 25 August 2017 INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...chlorite minerals are the best found anywhere in the Keweenaw Peninsula. PUMPELLYITE (6Ca0.3Al 2 0 3 .7Si0 2...due to the parallel growth of xls. At the Hancock Mine, Hancock, it occurs upon xls of epidote and quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...A. Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious...descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only mud and ice for...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |  | Cornwall, H.R., Runner, J.J., Stromquist, A.A., Swanson, R.W., White, W.S. (1949) Detailed geologic map of the recently active copper mines; Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Open-File Report Vol. 1949 (50-4) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr504 | Report (issue) | | active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A.................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft.* *«* -.» » .*-* *» » * » » * Introduction...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...sediment-hosted stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On MIneRALs fROM THe KeWeenAW cOPPeR DIsTRIcT...material from several former mines on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, has revealed the presence of several...occurrence of anilite (Cu7S4) near Painesdale, Michigan (Heinrich and Robinson 2004), carbonate matrix...removed from samples of chalcocite-bearing vein material from the Baltic mine exposing the sulfides. Several...fide veinlets, is intimately associated with chalcocite, and is usually spatially associated with late |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ......................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey...Nonetheless, he was very well known by hobbyists in Michigan and surrounding areas. The National Rockhound |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | described from the Kamioka Mine (Japan), is associated with copper arsenides in the Mohawk and Ahmeek copper mines...mines (Michigan, U.S.A.) and occurs as inclusions in magnetite in the Carajas deposit, Brazil. Microprobe...Microprobe analyses of kamiokite from the Mohawk Mine show an extensive substitutionof Mo a+ by V 4+, Ti,...Carajas is close to Fe2Mo3Os; however, as for the Mohawk Mine material, the presence of Fe 3+ is required to...maintain electroneutrality. Unit-cell parameters (Mohawk Mine) are: a = 5.791(5), c = 9.945(7) A; V= 288.8 |  | Radosavljević-Mihajlović, Ana S., Stojanović, Jovica N., Radosavljević, Slobodan A., Pačevski, Aleksandar M., Vuković, Nikola S., Tošović, Radule D. (2017) Mineralogy and genetic features of the Cu-As-Ni-Sb-Pb mineralization from the Mlakva polymetallic deposit (Serbia) — New occurrence of (Ni-Sb)-bearing Cu-arsenides. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 1245-1258 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.08.036 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated with nickeline, arsenical breithauptite, chalcocite, native Ag, native Pb and litharge. Pyrrhotite...1961; 1985), RI P the Mohawk No 2 mine, Mobawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA (Moore, 1971), the Anarak...the following locations: Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, USA, Canada, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, France...koutekite, nickeline, native lead, litharge, chalcocite, as well as occupancies of mixed Cu/Ni sites...cubanite, mackinawite, valleriite, covelline, MA chalcocite, arsenopyrite, bismuthinite, molybdenite, sphalerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY NOVEMBER, RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MICHIGAN T. M. BRODERICK, OF GEOLOGISTS 1946 TO COPPER...previously publishedin geologicalstudies of the Michigan copperdistrict by the Calumetand Hecla GeologicalDepartment...ProfessionalPaper 144, "The Copper Depositsof Michigan," and the continuationof geological studiesby...deposits of Michigan, U.S. Prof. Pap. 144, p. 2, 1929. Geol. Surv. GEOLOGYOF MICHIGAN COPPERDISTRICT...These are as follows: T. M. Broderick, Zoning in Michigan copperdepositsand its significance. EcoN. Gv.ox |  | Larson, Peter B, Maher, Kierran, Ramos, Frank C, Chang, Zhaoshan, Gaspar, Miguel, Meinert, Lawrence D (2003) Copper isotope ratios in magmatic and hydrothermal ore-forming environments. Chemical Geology, 201 (3) 337-350 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.08.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 USA Accepted 7 August 2003 Abstract Multi-collector...values for hydrothermal native copper from the Michigan native copper district also show a narrow range...intrusions Sample Description d65Cua Thayer – Lindsley Mine, Sudbury; Canada, 0.25 sulfide matrix of impact...16 Intrusive Complex, Canada SW-22 Stillwater Mine, USA; hydrothermally reworked 1.06 sulfides at contact...composition of Cu minerals from the Michigan native copper district, USA Sample Location d65Cua Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMYGDULE MINERAL SERIES, RICHARD E. ZONING IN MICHIGAN STOIBER THE COPPER AND EDWARD PORTAGE DISTRICT...of the Michigan copper district ......................... Mineralogyof amygdaloidalrock on mine dumps...Portage Lake lava seriesof the KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan, three overlappingamygdulemineral zones--prehnite...seriesthroughoutthe Lake Superior basin is like that of Keweenaw Peninsula,indicating that the mineral zones have...was obtained extendsfrom Victoria,Ontonagon County,Michigan,northeast to the end of theKeweenaw Peninsula |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Spring Creek Area Last Chance Mining District Plumas County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire Way Sunnyvale...minerals are recorded in the literature from Plumas County. Smith (1970) recorded trace amounts of the element...and cornubite. Figure 2. Scene of the El Dorado mine collapsed adit. LOCATION The copper mines of the...properties in the district included the Mohawk (Last Chance) mine, with a total output of over 1,000 tons...(Dufay) mine, which produced one carload of high-grade ore, and the Murdock (Plumas Jumbo) mine, with a |  | | 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) | | copper arsenides occurring in the Keweenaw copper formation of Michigan are found only i n reins intersecting...new mineral mohawkite occurs in a vein a t the Mohawk Mine associated with other copper arsenides in a gaiigue...having the composition Cu,As arid resembling chalcocite. the other consisting of groups of minute crystals...stibio-domeykite the author designates a mineral from the Mohawk Mine, closely resembling domeykite but contaiiiitig...a small percentage of antimony, and by the name mohawk-whitrieyite a very intimate mixture of the two |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A FEW NOTES ON COLLECTING IN UPPER MICHIGAN BY LYLE DeRUSHA RR 1 Chippewa Falls, Wise. In an area comprising...miles which lies in the central portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula are some three hundred abandoned mines...Minnesota mine dumps. From here to Copper Harbor on the tip of the peninsula and the Adams Mine dumps are...worthy of looking over. The Mass and the Adventure mine dumps will also be used for road fill. So these...will end as collecting spots. The Algomah, Lake, Michigan, Caledonia, St. Louis, So. Lake, Victoria, are |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..........663 MINERAL COLLECTING IN N ORlHERN MICHIGAN. By 1171n. E. L110 111a •.....•.••.......•..•••...LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler .................... 665 THE ALICE ZINC MINE OF SOUTHERN...THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time...camp of Copper City, better known as the Tubal Cain Mine. This camp was built around 1918 and had about a...body of manganese ore but none was found and the mine was shut Buckhorn Pass, Washinlfon 6 50 ROCKS |
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