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| Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...5.5 Ć 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Authorās 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 |
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| minerals of Michiganās Copper Country News from the Keweenaw Recent Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country... When one thinks of superb specimens from the Keweenaw, memories of arborescent groups of copper and...courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was |
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| 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 |
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| 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group...group of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The |
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| 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 |
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| News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3āRecent...years have passed since the last āNews from the Keweenawā; this article updates new finds to the spring...Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...construction in the Keweenaw. However, extensive logging operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased |
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| large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton)...Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper Kingā 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 . |
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| Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 1404 E. Sharon Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 cjstefan@mtu...WILLIAM B. BARR JR. 1405 Hewett Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 wbarr@umich.edu Figure 1. Portrait of young...exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula. A lover of the...native copper deposit, which became the Champion mine. His academic interests ranged across the disciplines...curator of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University. His interests span mineralogy |
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| University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University of Regina]...silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and a variety of other secondary minerals. Exceptional...mining states and the copper district of Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula. Unusually fine copper specimens were...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...include the New Cornelia pit, Pima County, and the Ray mine in Pinal County. Masses and sheets of crystalline |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated, isolated, and scenic Keweenaw Peninsula...Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with lake-effect...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection |
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| (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 |
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| Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting.... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and |
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| rights reserved. COLLECTING MICHIGAN MINERALS, by John F. Mihelcic Michigan is rich in rewards for Rockhounds...to the spoil banks of the famous Wilmington strip mine area of Northern Illinois LARGEST KNOWN MaAss OF...Collecting Michigan by JOHN THE MINERAL COLLECTOR is in his element at almost any point in Michigan Starting...permission to enter upon private property The Michigan Mineralogical Society, as a unit, and members...Minerals F. MIHELCK at the International Salt Company mine. A large number of gravel pits about Detroit yield |
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| variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 |
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| Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such |
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| Cover illustration Native silver, Castle-Trethewey mine, Gowganda. The specimen measures 9 cm by 5 cm. National...GSC 1999ā003A Native gold in quartz, Hoyle Pond mine, Timmins. The specimen measures 6 cm across. National... Frontispiece. The original Hollinger (Timmins) mine, 1910, before it was destroyed by fire in 1911....Northland mine Net Lake (Barton) mine Cedar Lake (Trebor, Cuniptau) mine Little Dan mine Sherman mine Temagami...Temagami (Copperfields) mine 16 16 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 31 31 32 32 34 35 |
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| Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp...all the metals, and a corresponding expansion of mine work. The MINES HANDBOOK will hereafter be published...Tuckahoe, N. Y., April, 1920. Vll THE MINES MINE HOISTS HANDBOOK AND Years of experience in building...Wellman- Send for our Bulletin F. 5, "Electric Mine Hoists," and get in closer touch with W-S-M equipment |
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| masses and crysta l s in vugs at the Highland Bell Mine , Wallace Mountain , n ear Beaverdell , 23 miles...3 Argentite has b een found at the Silver King Mine , Toad Mountain, about 5 miles south of Nelson (G...supergene mineral replacing galena at the Hewitt Mine, and as films associ ated w ith nativ e silver coating... polybasite and argyrodite , at the DollyVarden Mine, 18 miles from the head of Alice Arm, near the headwaters...L/I A rare constituent of the ore at the Eldorado Mine, Great Bear Lake, argcntite occurs as inclusions |
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| California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE ā¢ MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens...delightful climate; low expenses; no tuition fees. Michigan College of Mines A state institution offering...Secretary. HOUGHTON TARR FUEL OIL - & McCOMB, MICHIGAN INC. - DISTILLATE GASOLINE DIESEL ENGINE OIL...considered to be working the public and not the mine. Many suspicious promotions are however not positively |
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| Cover illustration Beryl crystal in quartz, Lacorne mine. The crystal is 39 mm long and 18 mm wide. National...2359J Molybdenite crystal in quartz, Moly Hill mine. The crystal is 33 mm across. National Mineral Collection...Baldwin (Kelmac) mine Swastika (Crescent Kirkland) mine Lucky Cross (Golden Gate) mine Adams mine Boston molybdenite...Boston Creek gold mine Barry-Hollinger (Patricia) mine Boston-McRae mine Planet Gold mine Miller Independence...Independence mine Kennedy-Boston mine Cathroy Larder (Yama) mine Macassa mine Kirkland Lake gold mine Teck-Hughes |
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| Manitoba were announced; mine and townsite development work at the Thompson nickel mine was started. Despite...the Saskatchewan potash industry raised Canadaās mine capacity to the equivalent of at least one third...incentives particularly related to exploration and new mine developĀ¬ ment, a government role in resource surveys...beginning to end of an orogeny is difficult to deterĀ¬ mine, but, because the analytical errors balance out...the lowest unit of the Keewatin Group. In Gorham township north of Port Arthur along the south boundary |
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| 1889. The l a t t e r list, which included some 180 mine,ral s p e c i e s and an a d d i t i o n a l 95...y s t a l s i n vugs a t t h e Highland B e l l Mine, Wallace Mountain, n e a r B e a v e r d e l l ...t e h a s been found a t t h e S i l v e r King Mine, Toad Mountain, a b o u t 8 h s o u t h o f Nelson...l r e p l a c i n g g a l e n a a t t h e Hewitt Mine, and a s films associated with native s i l v e...a r g y r o d i t e , a t t h e D o l l y Varden Mine, 29 km from t h e head o f A l i c e A r m , n e |
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| cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Topog.------- Topographic, etc. Tp.__-.-__-._ Township BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1946...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...D. F. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Papers vol. 30. Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan Geological...Reports 12, 13; Publications 42-44. Lansing, Mich. .Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions |
