 | | Journal (issue) | | iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The āCopper Kingā 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. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan's Copper Country Rocks & Minerals 2001.76:156-188. Tom...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 occurs...(chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that occur in the Portage...Lake Volcanics (PLV) and the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. The native-copper deposits can be further divided |  | | Report (issue) | | Michiganās Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents......................... 6 Europeans Come to the Copper Country ............................................................. 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .................................................................. 18 The Copper Rush .................................................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Porcelaneous Datolite in MichiganĆs Lake Superior Copper District Figure 1. A rare and beautiful yellow...nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine |  | | Report (issue) | | Bulletin 6 1976 COVER Shown is a porcelanoid mass of flesh colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH)...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 28Qj 0Ā° AĀ®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns...Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous nodular mass. C. Ā£4 Ā£4 00 AMETHYST/BARITE...mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. Ā£4 Ā£5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....Ā£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure |  | | Book | | Eagle Harbor Oe emma Harbor Copper Harb 7 al EAGLE ie ces are Olibwove Allovez, Ā«Ahmoek SLE ROYALE...ONTONAGAN. Indiana. Pine .Moss sRocklond. ONTONAGON Rousseau. .Chossell Jocobsville ~Donken Arnheim...Ishpeming + HiUM boig, Ā«Palmer Ā«Republic SOME COPPER COUNTRY NAMES AND PLACES COPYRIGHT May 23, 1975...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...ice a nineOo by Copper Island Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Source of Native Copper Mineral Specimens Downloaded by [Library Services City University London]... with Copper Isotope Values A Case Study Solving the Misidentification of CM21474: Michigan vs. Namibia...collecting native copper specimens for analysis from the rock piles of the Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale...Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in the distance. Marc Wilson photo...Juniata College. Downloaded by [Library Services City University London] at 05:40 05 July 2016 Figure |  | | Book | | ā¢ s THĀ£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...fifties, still work the mile-deep stopes of the Quincy Mine. One of the oldest mines on the North American continent...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..ā¢.....ā¢........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN ā¢ 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition ā¢ 1964 This edition was published |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Michiganās Copper Country News from the Keweenaw Recent Mineral Finds in Michiganās Copper Country Downloaded...A l t h o u g h commercial copper mining has come to an end in the Copper Country, specimens reminiscent...groups of copper and silver crystals, colorful porcelaneous nodules of datolite, and copper inclusions...courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...21:35 21 November 2014 The demise of the native copper mining industry in the latter part of the twentieth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Through the Scope Copper Inclusions in Quartz Microcrystals From Michiganās Keweenaw Peninsula TOM...Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior copper district is world...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...the heyday of copper mining (1860ā1940). This article focuses on the lesser-known copper inclusions in...been collected throughout the district. The native copper deposits occur in the Portage Lake Volcanics that |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | MILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE... COPPER SMELTING AT DETROIT , MICHIGAN ...... EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.......Petroleum Company, of New York , New York and Michigan Silver -Lead Company - L'Anse Mining Company...ETC ......... 62 , 126, 191 , 319 , 383 NEW YORK CITY BANKS - CAPITALS, PRICES, ETC ....................IRREGULARITIES, ETC. , OF > 129 COAL BEDS .. AN EXHUMED CITY ON THE FRENCH COAST 143 MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS OF...LANDS 208 209 Embracing Oil , Coal, Iron , Lead, Copper , Gold , and Silver -- For Sale at the Real Estate |  | | Journal (volume) | | PENNSYLVANIA .. COPPER REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver...Silver in Michigan - Cotton in France - Great Gun - Terrible Explosion in Quebec - The Riches of the Country...Hudson Canal Co.- Placenta Bay Lead Co. - Bedford Copper Co. NOTICE TO OFFICERS OF MINING COMPANIES SALES...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The...The Gold Regions of the United States - Copper Coin - Oil Wells at Oil Creek . INTERESTING IMMIGRATION |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group of copper crystals...crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is 12.4 Ć 6.2 cm and...minerals of Michiganās Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the...Michiganās Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior native copper district...Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which flourished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11 August 2008 a fabulous find of crystallized copper was made in shallow water on the bottom of Lake...Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. The near-shore find, now called the Laker Pocket...pocket netted more than three hundred groups of copper crystals ranging in size from large-cabinet specimens...1994). At the base of this sequence is the fluvial Copper Harbor Conglomerate that ranges from 200 to 7,000...pathways for the copper-bearing hydrothermal solutions to move upward and deposit native copper in the open |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROCLINE IN THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN Ina KrorN, Stanf ord, U ni.oersity, C al'iJorni...activity in the copper country of Michigan, and detailed study of the native copper deposits during this...wiII contribute to our knowledge of the native copper deposits and of that important mineral groupthe..."anomalous occurrence" in the newly discovered native copper deposits of Keweenaw peninsula of a "peculiar reddish..."undoubted aqueous product" forming after both copper and calcite. Whitneyz supplemented this with a |  | | Catalog/List | | 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional fibrous...Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF. Ml. Ā£4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko...Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF. C. Ā£4.00 5 GYPSUM, Simpson Desert...Ā£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...xtls. GRF. Ml. Ā£5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY Figure 1: Shaft house of the Ahmeek mine, Keweenaw County. 1962 photo by Terry...and probably never will be anything like the Michigan Copper Country. For the mineral-minded, it is the...for mining its copper as the native metal. For the collector, its scores of old mine dumps never cease...evergreen forests, and a New England climate. The Copper Country lies 500 miles due north of Chicago in...author believes these were Chinese who took back the copper to make their famous bronze vessels. From evidence |  | | Catalog/List | | Value Specimen 12 Ā£12.00 BARITE, Stoneham, Colorado, USA. Three adjoining transparent pale blue terminated...Ā£12 00 NATIVE SILVER with COPPER, Central Mine, Keweenaw Co . Michigan, USA. Growths of native silver...native copper threads. D.MI. 82 Ā£12.00 NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks...MI. 77 Ā£12.00 NATIVE GOLD, Homestake Mine, Lead,South Dakota, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm with milky...NATIVE GOLD, American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA. Flecks of native gold <4mm on milky quartz/grey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA College of Natural Sciences, California State University...5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Bƶttcher Keywords: Gerhardtite Nitrogen Isotope Copper Buttgenbachite a b s t r a c t Cupric nitrate...include: 1) termite, 2) bat, 3) atmospheric and 4) coal mine ļ¬res and natural gas. It is clear that in three...temperatures in coal bed ļ¬res is 1.9ā° (Pennsylvania, USA) to 1.7ā° (Germany). Ā© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights |  | | 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...NoneĀ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful |  | | Journal (volume) | | spirit or inspire the ambition of the public mind . Michigan and the shores of Lake Superior and Huron, with...region of iron and copper lands, the coal and copper fields of Nova Scotia, and the copper, gold , and silver...hands with electrical rapidity, and gold, silver, copper, lead, and coal quotations rose on ' Change as...not far distant when Salt Lake, Denver, Central City, Black Hawk, and all the intermediate mining districts...forms and phases, whether in coal, iron , lead, copper, silver, gold, or other minerals, the prospects |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...Besse. arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered...Gull Rock fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...the White Pine mine at the southern end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lake Superior copper deposits, home to the worldās largest occurrence of native copper. Indeed, many...sport flecks of native copper, and specimens exist of datolite intergrown with copper crystals, but thatās...thatās getting ahead of the story. Michiganās Copper Country datolite has been collected, prized, fashioned...Dyl II, Director A. E. Seumnii Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 170 ROCKS 81MINERALS...81MINERALS ā .1-. . TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 rosemeyer@ocinet |
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Mass Mine, Mass Consolidated Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA