 | | Journal (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARYāFEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction...........................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines.............................................................53 by P. Persson & C. J. Stefano The Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan.................................157 by T. P. Moore COVER: COPPER, 8 cm, from the Keweenaw County fissure veins, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by...Whether uncombined or alloyed with other metals, copper has played a major role in the development of our...and widely used nonferrous metals. Consequently, copper deposits have been sought by prospectors and geologists...Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, an h i zona native copper specimen has been chosen for this issueās Connoisseurās...(fig. I). For an in-depth description of Arizona copper and its most famous localities, the reader is referred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Min. Petr. Econ. Geol. 86, 364-374, 1991 Native copper included Miyakejima: HIDEKI by anorthite ... feldspar coppers the region part native the of lava-coated by metallic coppers, radiation...the a process rich with in and SiO2. fused tenorite, agree solution well that of the temperature...idiosyncratic coppers X-ray inclusion of descent the Their their the investigation coppers underneath...chlorine. present including zone, the SHIMODA copper of whereas of Tsukuba, distributed endmember |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona .......................................Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches...was the winner of the Best Copper Cabinet Specimen and Best Arizona Copper at the 1977 Tucson Show. Evan...(and last) in our series of special issues on the mines and minerals of Arizona. During the years before |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY Figure 1: Shaft house of the Ahmeek mine, Keweenaw County. 1962 photo by Terry...probably never will be anything like the Michigan Copper Country. For the mineral-minded, it is the region...region uniquely celebrated for mining its copper as the native metal. For the collector, its scores of old...and a New England climate. The Copper Country lies 500 miles due north of Chicago in the Keweenaw Peninsula...author believes these were Chinese who took back the copper to make their famous bronze vessels. From evidence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARIZONA COPPER Featured at the 1997 Tucson Show Downloaded by [California Institute of Technology] at...of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 A rizona and copper are intricately linked in history. Production from...pounds of the red metal. This enormous amount of copper, which, if placed on a regulation football field...from the rock of several thousand mines and prospects. Some of these mines, such as at Ajo, Clifton-Morenci...Jerome, and Bisbee were, and are, among the largest copper camps in the world. At the end of the nineteenth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .......................................... 194 Copper..................................................ore deposits, espeĀ cially those of silver and of copper, masses of rich sulphide ore are encountered which...ontana, where for some time past a study of the copper veins has been made by Professor S. F. Emm ons...limonite, the ā iron h a t ā or ā gossanā of the mines. Lower down the altered, ironstained vein m atter...discussing the chalcocite bodios of the Butte (Montana) copper veins. See Ore Deposits of the U nited States, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southeast The fissure vein that is exposed in the of Copper Harbor and has produced Some glaciated outcrop...of the largest copper crystals found in the on the bedrock geology map of tbe Fotr Copper Country. Nearly...view of the flssure vein at Point pmpect showing copper crystals in the siUcilled prehnite veln. Photo... Figure 2 (right). Probably the two best large copper groups recovered from Point prospect. hj?: John...and is presently on display at Swedeās Gift Shop, Copper Harbor. Right: John Jefferson holds a cleaned 8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INrnonuc'rroN Kinoite, described recentiy, is a copper silicate from the northern Santa Rita Mountains...Although the solution was not straightforward, copper and calcium atoms eventually were Iocated from...thought to be inadequate to represent either a copper or a calcium double-weight vector. The lack of...were calculated for all possible permutations of copper and/or calcium positions derived from the Harker...to the c axis. In this respect, it resemblesthe copper silicates shattuckite and plancheite (Evans and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CARIBOU MOUNTAIN: COMMUNICATIONS A PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO JOHN R. HUNTSMAN...HUNTSMAN Departmentof Earth Sciences, Universityof North Carolinaat Wilmington,Wilmington,NorthCarolina28403...fineworkingof placergolddeposits in 1870 onthe north- grained,porphyriticrock with a trachytictexture...near morainesin cirquesand related valleyson the north and east facesof the mountain. Ross(1941) reportsthat...skarnformation (Huntsman,1978a). Copper sulfideminerals (later weathered to copper oxides)are contemporaneouswith |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andacollo copperāgold district, La Serena, Chile: preliminary data from the porphyry copper and possible...concentrated on copper and gold. These metals are mined, respectively, from a porphyry copper deposit and...presented and possible relationships between the copper and gold deposits are analysed. Geology of district...district is mostly confined to a fault-bounded, northāsouth depression partially filled with Tertiary...Cerro Toro 680 (base) Copperāgold veins Manto and vein gold deposits; porphyry copper Gold veins Manto and |  | | Report (issue) | | Drawing and X-ray micrographs of acanthite and copper sulfides on galena. Drawing and X-ray micrographs...ore, New Snowbird tungsten deposit and San Manuel copper deposit_______________________________________...2-4 ounces copper, leald, and zinc . .S'parsely di,sseminated sullfides...'some 'PO!rrfuyry 'Copper deposits. At the New Snowbird, tungsten proxies for 'copper, and the precious...miaTgyrite( ?) , acantJhite, and late rim~forming copper sulfides. '.Dhe inferred tempertature range for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 16 Figure 16. An exceptional group of copper crystals recovered from a large vug in the fissure...is 3.6 cm long and perched on a matrix of spongy copper. It was originally in the J. T. Reeder collection...the formation of tabular deposits of fissure vein copper in the thin underlying lava flows. Mineralization...mining venture at the Hays exploration site near Copper Harbor, the Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company...18th of that month discovered a vein of native copper on top of the 200-foot greenstone bluff (Chaput |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds mentioned...Besse. arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered...at the Gull Rock fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV...southeast of Copper Harbor, has produced some of the largest copper crystals found in the Copper Country (Rosemeyer...collectors, and a number of coarsely crystalline copper specimens weighing up to 40 pounds were recovered |  | | Catalog/List | | Batters Engine-house at West Chiverton, to the north ot Truro. (Sanu ^IVeffeKjS/linerafs SPRING 1989...rear. 5ix2^xli", Ā£100.00. 31 AZURITE. Tynaugh Copper Mine,Co.Galway,Eire. Very lustrous.rich infill...1Ā£x1Ā£x1", Ā£15-00. 33. AZURITE/MALACHITE. Tynaugh Copper Mine,Co.Galloway,Eire. Bright,royal blue,vuggy...Westmoreland. A little damage on this venerable North British Classic,but still worthy of cabinet display...Tisnova,Czechoslovakia. Rich example of very rare Copper-Selenide. Lead-grey,with bluish casts .rich ,sub-metallic |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..ā¢ā¢.ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢ā¢.ā¢ā¢ā¢..ā¢...ā¢ā¢.ā¢.ā¢...ā¢..ā¢664 LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler ...........semi-precious stones. Some of the fabulous old mines may one day produce again. Others are worked out...heavily. Before be even gets settled in the Great North, west, he joins the Tacoma Agate Club, visits a...the Quilcene River and then take the road on the north bank, driving into the mountains to the end of the...another pass with a little valley leading off to the north. This is Tull Canyon and about two miles do\vn valley |  | | Journal (issue) | | Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...Though most famous for azurite, malachite and other copper minerals, Bisbee has produced more than 200 different...Mineralogical Record, Septemberā October, 1981 Copper was by far the most important metal; however, zinc...Metal production through 1975 is listed below for copper, zinc, lead, silver, gold (Stanley Keith, personal...personal communication) and manganese (Mills, 1956). Copper Zinc Lead 7.7 billion pounds 355 million pounds |  | | Journal (issue) | | productive and successful describer of new species in Germanyāeven ahead of August Breithaupt, who described...a suite now known to include chalcocite, native copper and wire silver, as well as some of the worldās...ŠŠµŠ·ŅŠ°Š·ŅŠ°Š½; pronounced āJez-kahzgahnā) means āCopper Kettleā or āCopper Diggingsā in Kazakh, an appropriate name...name for one of the worldās great stratiform copper deposits. It is located in the cool, semi-arid heart...of four mines that exploit the Dzhezkazgan sandstone copper deposit). In addition, the mines of the Zhilandy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...in g C o u n t y Martin Jensen Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557-0047...species have been donated to the Mackay School of Mines museum. I also maintain a fine and complete collection...comment. Today, with the widespread closure of mines, both abandoned and active, and the passing of many...collected from a new occurrence on the rib of the Copper stope at coordinates 1695N, 370W, about 35 feet |  | | Book | | Congress Catalog Card No. 66-17809 Printed in Germany 08 011635 3 PREFACE TO THE T H I R D (GERMAN)...comparative study from colleagues, institutes, and mines; many samples were collected by the writer himself...G. FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto, Canada R. L A GANZA, North Adelaide, S. Australia...Pullman, Washington R. A. ZIMMERMANN, Heidelberg, Germany 2 Bamdohr, Theorie Minerals XVĆ ABBREVIATIONS...to mention a rarity, selenium + lead + silver + copper + quicksilver -f palladium. These associations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to the distribution of mixtures of both native coppers and cuprites in ovalāshaped thin films,while the...from Oregon, U.S.A. a: transparent, b: metallic copper, c: transparent red, d: transparent green, e: transparent...zoomed in on the native coppers(white) included in Oregon sunstone of a metallic copper color. Fig.2ā3. C...Qualitative analysis of sunstone of copper metal color. (1) native copper included in sunstone, (2) host crystal...for detection of the chemical bonding effects of copper ćć«ē§»åććć¦åćå
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§å°ä½ē½®ćē§»ćļ¼1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland...Dick traces the discovery and identification of Copper Queen mine connellite (misidentified as footeite...collectors. The Mineralogical Record, Mayā June, 1980 Copper from the Ray mine (5, 5, 233), by Wendell E. Wilson...Wilson. A description of new, large crystals of copper to 5 inches long from the Ray mine. Graemite, a...mineral graemite, from the Cole shaft at Bisbee. Ray coppers again (6 , 7, 40), by William Panczner. A follow-up |  | | Book | | n3 GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS Southwestern North America oe ā ā MohBy yy a i;... Ā¢ Ā¢ Ā¢ GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS Southwestern North America Edited by SINCE RoR EEL...research related to many of the problems of porphyry copper deposits. He is a fellow of the Geological Society...his undergraduate work at the Colorado School of Mines and earned the doctorate from the University of...Bureau of Mines. He arrived in Arizona in 1918, with a B. S. degree from the Missouri School of Mines. After |  | | Report (issue) | | Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING 1965 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING...Stirling A. Colgate, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin J. Thompson, Director... Socorro For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Campus Station, Socorro, N........................................ Porphyry-copper deposits ................................................................................... 35 Copper King mine .................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | ment of Mineralogy, University of Aachen, West Germany Pho loĀ· graph by Olaf Medenbach and Rudolf Baensch...Mexican minĀ erals, including Ā·boleite from Montana, coppers from Arizona and New Mexico, and others. Of course...acquainted with fine mineral specimens from the copper mines in the Boulder batholith around Butte, Montana...campground turn off. and then proĀ ceeding 5 miles north-northeast on dirt roads to the base of Bald Mountain...of the lead i difĀ ferent from that of the lode mines, and therefore the ConĀ sols mineralization was |
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