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Kaolinite from
Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59229:1
GUID (UUID V4):45f69030-1d8d-47a5-8d7d-04872a538038
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
23.9km (14.8 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
46.9km (29.1 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
88.3km (54.9 miles) Detroit Graphite Company Graphite Quarry, Alberta, Baraga 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
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
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 (issue)
MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–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...................................
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
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with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” 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.
Book (volume)
the Atlantic Coast Fall Line, so named from the falls or rapids in rivers at places where they pass from...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:
Report (issue)
study of surface samples E2 Oronto Group E2 Copper Harbor Conglomerate E2 Nonesuch Shale E2 Freda Sandstone...sedimentary rocks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan were examined, sampled, and described with the...throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, and on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Copper Harbor Conglomerate...Conglomerate The Copper Harbor Conglomerate (Daniels, 1982) is a distinct rock type easily recognized by its...shore of the Keweenaw Peninsula were examined, both areas that typify the Copper Harbor Conglomerate
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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 (issue)
Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean R. Rentmeister .................CA. Host, Gem and Mineral Society ol San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan, P.O. Box 53, NAS Mollett Field, CA...Mineralogy Society. Annual Show. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Kennewick, WA. 10-10 and 10-6. Donald...Soc:lety. Annual " Artistry from Nature." Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA. 10-10 and 10-5. Ed Turner...Guard Armory, Twin Falls, ID. 10-10 and 10-6. George Holmes. P.O. Box 993. Twin Falls 83301. Competitive
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds, etc
Book (edition)
Ruthenium 129 Palladium Mercury and its Compounds Copper and its Compounds 141 Silver its Lead and its...Glauconite 329 Serpentine, Deweylite, Saponite Kaolinite, Pinite 329 335 Fahlunite 336 Chlorite 337...on windows, and in arborescent forms of native copper, silver, gold, etc. Fig. 11 represents, much magnified...under the hammer, as in native gold, silver, copper. When thin slices may be cut off with a knife...metallic are named after some familiar metal, as copper-red, bronze-yellow, brass-yellow, gold-yellow,
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 •...Cycad .-' _ :. Oelrichs Agate Beds Rose Quartz Mine Northern Hill Gems 24 8 Jasper 25 Golden Barite...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
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...teeth, by Professor 0. C. Marsh, pp. 45-88. " The copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior, by Roland Dner...pis. Vi-xix. The Penokee iron-bearing series of Michigan and Wisconsin, by Koland Duer Irving and Charles...report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan, by Charles Richard Van Hise and William Shirley...George F. Becker, pp. 251-331, pis. xvi-xviii. Copper, by Charles Kirchhoff, pp. 332-358. Lead, by Charles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic Belt, northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA: Implications for future exploration...LLC, 34898 University Ave, Cambridge, MN 55008, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...Belt (PVB) of northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA. These cycles are responsible...production of exceptionally high-grade, direct shipping copper and/or gold ores. As such, the buried PVB unconformity...can produce highgrade, direct shipping gold and copper ores, as was the case at Flambeau (Flambeau Mining
Book (edition)
ores, 183-188 160-188 CHAPTER IV.— COPPER. Table of analyses of copper ores, 189 ; Example 16, continued...Texas, 204; Example 18, Keweenaw Point, Mich., 204-209; origin of the copper, 209-212; Example 19, St... Genevieve, Mo., 213, 214; Example 20, Arizona Copper, 214, 215; Morenci, 215, 216; classi fication of...219; Santa Rita, N. M., 219; Black Range, 220; Copper Basin, 220; Crismon-Mammoth, Utah, 221, 222; Wyo...Wyo., Idaho, Wash., 222; Example 21, copper ores in Triassic or Permian sandstone, 222-224; Eastern States
Book
was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow
Book
was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
Report (volume)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee County, Fla. Named for the nearby Able Canal. The Able...H-20, northwest of Wattsville, northern Accomack County, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F, sand pits...Wattsville, Persimmon Point, and Accomack, Accomack County, Va. The informal Accomack beds of Mixon and others...and west of the Ames Ridge shoreline in Accomack County, Va., and are well developed from Wallops Station...Turnpike exchange, Annandale quadrangle, Fairfax County, Va. The Accotink Schist, here named, is the lower
Book (volume)
(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
Book (edition)
zone between two cubic planes; the dodecahedron falls in this 1. The angle zone, being a special case...in dendritic crystallizations of native gold and copper, in which the angle of divergence of the branches...having been removed ; so also calcite after native copper after cuprite. gay-lussite In the change of cuprite...two rays are most separated when (1) the light falls PERPENDICULAR to the vertical axis. As its inclination...powder is applied to a thin wheel of soft iron or copper, rotating on a lathe. For minerals which are not
Book (edition)
^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE... ACCIDENTS IN MINES, SAWYER. Arising from the Falls of Roofs and Slides. Their Causes and the Means...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser...zone between two cubic planes; the dodecahedron falls in this zone, being a special case of the tetrahexahedron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copyright 0 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037196 &S.OO + .OO PI1...in a sandy silicate aquifer, northern Wisconsin, USA THOMASD. BULLEN,’DAVID P. KRABBENHOF~,~ and CAROL...MenloPark,CA 94025,USA ‘WaterResources Division,U.S. Geological Survey,Madison,WI 53719,USA (Received May...bedrock. The glacial sediments comprise the Copper Falls Formation and were eroded from a variety of...smectite (3040%), illite (30-40%), and chlorite + kaolinite (15-30%). Our observations for this study, using
 
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