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Marcasite from
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7460:5
GUID (UUID V4):6d72b41b-3cfb-453c-98f1-0afb99ed7e8e
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
63.3km (39.4 miles) Montreal Mine (33 Company Mine; Section 33 Mine), Montreal, Gogebic Range, Iron County, Wisconsin, USA
98.9km (61.5 miles) No. 21 shaft, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
(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
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 (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)
JanuaryFebruary: Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. March/April: Gold, Mystery wind mine, California. Pacific Mineral Museum specimen, Mark...calcite, Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff...SeptemberlOctober: Calcite with hematite inclusions, Lei Ping mine, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Werner Lieber specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 543-573 Zoningin the White Pine Copper Deposit, OntonagonCounty, Michigan ALEXANDER C. BROWN Abstract...cupriferouszone in the lower NonesuchShale of Northern Michigan is characterizedby an abrupt zonationof Cu-Fe...actual upper limit of coppermineralization in the White Pine area occursat various stratigraphiclevels20 to...anomalouselevationsin the fringe surface. The White Pine fault is clearly a post-ore structure which offsets...Introduction THE famous stratiform copper deposit at White Pine, Michiganhas oftenbeencitedas a typicalexampleof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the ore is located. Early diagenetic pyrite-(marcasite) framboids and nodules were formed through bacteriogenic...Kupferschiefer and Proterozoic Nonesuch ores (Michigan, U.S.A.), and in Athabasca oil sands (Canada)...Bacteriogenic iron sulfides Pyrite (with minor marcasite) is the dominant "background" mineral in the Kupferschiefer...indicating their indigenous nature. Pyrite- ( marcasite ) also form elongate or irregularly shaped nodules...indigenous sulfide (Jowett et al., 1991a). Shale in Michigan (Fig. 6), but in this case, the paleo-flow direction
Book
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
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Survey, National Center-MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA (Received October 10, 1990; accepted after revision...Survey, National Center--MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA. tinent rift system (MRS) of North America is one...sulfide and native copper deposits of the White Pine mine area, and Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in the Duluth... ONIARIO WISCONSIN 3.6-1.85 1.85 'li'J i MICHIGAN ILLINOIS 1.5-1.4 i i 1.1 j ' i IZ IIII i...Locationof the rift south of LakeSuperiorin Minnesota,Michigan,Wisconsin,Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas is inferred
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 Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking...this an annual event. NOTICES Married, Mary Lynn White, long-time Circulation Manager for the Mineralogical
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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
Book (volume)
these coal seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which
Book
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...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298
Catalog/List
WULFENITE & ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations...$15.00 each ROWLEYWULFENITE &ASSOCIATIONS: Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear...wulfenite crystals and yellow to orange mimetite on white to tan/brown barite crystals. Some all wulfenite...and $ 30.00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens...00 each YUMA WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red
Catalog/List
highly textural Gold anchored by its matrix of white and charcoal gray Quartz. The naturally complex...Gold Nugget Bullfrog Mountains Death Valley Nevada, USA This unique and complex Gold nugget is rather leafy...Windy Point Mine Humboldt Co. Nevada, USA This brassy Gold specimen from the Windy Point Mine in Nevada...enlargeable images, and bid online. 72011 Gold Red Ledge Mine (Bank Mining Company), Mack House Alleghany Mining...Sierra Co. California, USA This foil of leafy Gold is from the Red Ledge Mine and should be considered
Report (volume)
Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin.........Prof. W. 0. Hotchkiss...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...pure and white in residual clays at following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
regional geologic map (Rigby, 1960), the White Pine County geologic map (Hose and Blake, 1976), and studies... 1225 1226 NUTT AND HOFSTRA 116° 115° White Pine EHR Elko contractional deformation, Tertiary...MSR = Maverick Springs Range, NWPR = northern White Pine Range, OP = Overland Pass. Rectangle is area...hydrothermal dolomite with conspicuous gray and white banding, also known as “zebra dolomite.” Certain...Yankee 281,284 Galaxy 62,574 Saga 56,952 White 40,986 Pine Horse70,972 shoe (50% Casino 32,076 Sevy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Perhapsthe mostimportantone in North America is at Pine Point in Northwest Territories, Canada. Only ge...sphalerite. Iron and sulfur, in the mineralspyrite and marcasite,in placesare sufficientlyabundantto be concentrated...Southeast Missouri district, at the No. 8 Mitchell Mine and at Mine Lamotte, lead is producedin large amountsfrom...tedstructures. The Oronogo Mine, north of Webb City, Mo., the Alice Mine, near Caulfield,.Mo. 'andthe...flanksof the Cherokee anticlineand the great new Young Mine is associated with HodgesDome. On a smallerscale
Report (volume)
from selected aplites and quartz veins of White Pine County, Nevada, by D.E. Lee, E.L.M. Brandt, and J...micas from meta_clastic rocks of eastern White Pine County, Nevada, by D.E. Lee, R.E. Van Loenen, E.L...Platinum and palladium in a mafic dike, Sanders County, Montana, by R.E. Van Loenen, Joseph Haffty, and...shale, Davis Formation, near Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri 7 2 Contents CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERAL...feldspathic shale from the Deadwood Formation, Lawrence County, S. Oak. [LOI, loss on ignition at 9000C; n.d.
Report (volume)
............................................. Michigan (tract 17, map 1)...............................Blackbird Mine. Special thanks go to Jeff Mauk for giving me a tour of the White Pine Mine in 1989 and...copper deposits: carbonaceous algal dolomite (White Pine, Michigan), sandstone (Spar Lake, Montana), and shale...feldspar, quartz, and carbonate minerals. Pyrite or marcasite usually is present, commonly to several percent...abundant plant material, sulfide minerals (pyrite or marcasite), and less commonly phosphate minerals, and no
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NonesuchShale from White Pine, (Fig. 2E and F) grainsrangingfrom20 to 100 vm theseare embedded in Michigan,and also...layers as very fine grains (ca. 20 /•m). Traces of marcasite and chalcopyrite(neither X-rayed) and galena occur...persistscontinuouslyfrom northwesternMissouri to Montgomery County, Kansas (180 miles southwestof KansasCity), where...in many respectsto those under discussion. Also, White (1967) proposesthat as sedimentscompact,metal-rich...Woodpresentlyavaila.bledata suggestthat thesedeposits son County, Kansas. These samewaters may have were formed
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia_.Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin____Prof. W. O. Hotchkiss...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...and white in residual clays at following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIVERSITY IN A HYDROTHERMAL VEIN-TYPE DEPOSIT: THE CLARA MINE, SW GERMANY, AS A TYPE EXAMPLE GREGOR MARKL§ Universität...Germany ABSTRACT The Clara baryte-fluorite-(Ag-Cu) mine exploits a polyphase, mainly Jurassic to Cretaceous...secondary Fe- and Cuphosphates; baryte-pyrite-marcasite-chalcopyrite with secondary Fe- and Cu-sulfates;...ashes introduced into the exploited parts of the mine resulted in fluoride assemblages of alkali and alkaline...centimeter scale. Unusual mineral diversity at the Clara mine therefore develops from a combination of diverse
 
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