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Magnetite from
Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Comments:Reported from dark greenstones in the mine area.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:782694
Long-form Identifier:1:3:782694:8
GUID (UUID V4):5947eca9-9c17-4008-8588-7565308b247d
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Greenstone flow, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Mount Bohemia Mine, Mount Bohemia, Lac La Belle, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Copper Harbor Conglomerate, Hancock Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
36.6km (22.7 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
44.1km (27.4 miles) Jacobsville Sandstone, Torch Lake Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) Huron River Uranium prospect (Unnamed V prospect; MRDS - 10171055), Huron River, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) Yellow Dog peridotite, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) Eagle Mine, Marquette 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)
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
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 (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)
s o r g e conglornero t e .... @ Quincy mine @ Allouez no. 3 shaft Other detailed sections . I...GEOI.OGIC M A P O F SOME PEGMATITIC LAVA FLOWS, MICHIGAN C O P P E R D I S T R I C T Downloaded from https://pubs...SERIES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN By HENRY R. CORNWALL ABSTRACT Five lava flows...flows in the Keweenawan series of the Michigan copper district have been studied and chemical analyses made...172 Purpose of investigation 161 Ilmenite and magnetite 175 Field and laboratory work 161 Minor constituents
Report (issue)
Extent and General Nature of the Keweenaw Series Lithology of the Keweenaw Series Section I. Basic Original...III. Summary View of the Original Rocks of the Keweenaw Series Section IV. Detrital Rocks Chapter IV....Features of the Three Classes of Rocks of the Keweenaw Chapter Chapter II. 24 III. 34 '. 35 91... General Stratigraphy of the Keweenaw Series Chapter VI.— The Keweenaw an Rocks op the South Shore of...of Lake Superior Introductory 152 Section I.— Keweenaw Point Section II.— The Region between Portage
Book (volume)
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:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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
Book
or one hundred leagues from the Hurons there is a mine of copper from which Truchement Brusle showed me...thirty years before the advent of the Fathers, Allouez, Mesnard and Marquette, and the language of the...island which is fifty in there is a very beautiful mine of in which circuit, leagues copper; it is found...pieces all 11 u Is it not probable that the beautiful mine of refined. In Lake Superior there ?1 copper...copper referred to by this writer was the ancient mine now being re-opened by the Minong company ? It is barely
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;
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;
Catalog/List
3 Grii,uritt Fibrous, grayish-green in magnetite; Michigan . . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in...dark green chlorite pseudomorph after garnet; Michigan, ¾ to 1 •, .25 and .35 Crystals in matrix, 1 x...flawed, .25 per ounce Caesium-bearing, white masses; Mine . a . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13 BERZELIANITE (cuprous...ITE (magnesium ortho-silicate) ,\1asses \,\lich magnetite; New York . . . . .... ..... . . . 2'1 5 Complete...CONICHALCITE-Scc Higginsite COPPER (copper) Massive, pure; Michigan, 1 x 2', .25 . .. . ... ... . . ... . 95 Masses
Report (volume)
23 PL. 1 P R S OUTLINE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF KEWEENAW P 0 IN T Compiled from various sources. Traverse...BETWEEN THE EASTERN .SANDSTONE AND THE KEWEENAW SERIES ON KEWEENAW POINT, LAKE SUPERIOR BY R. D. IRVING...face page. PLATE I. Outline\ geological map of Keweenaw Point. Scale, 6 miles to the 3 inch e II. Map...Map of north shore of Bête Grise Bay, Keweenaw Point. Scale, 1 mile 11 to the inch.e III. Junction of Eastern...Sandstone and Keweenawan melaphyr, Bête 13 Grise Bay, Keweenaw Point. From a photograph. ..... .........e IV
Report (issue)
o· THE GEOLOGY OF COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA Wave-built gravel bar damming mouth of small stream west...SCHWARTZ, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 39 The Geology of Cook County Minnesota BY FRANK F. GROUT ROBERT P. SHARP GEORGE...BY THOMAS ALLEN, LTD., TORONTO FOREWORD Cook County forms the extreme northeastern part of Minnesota...long narrow parallel lakes. The position of the county on the north shore of the largest fresh-water lake...types of agriculture. As a consequence most of the county is still forested, a considerable proportion belonging
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...(Mohawkite), (copper arsenides) Massive in rock; Michigan ................1 x 2" .25 1.50 1.00 .75 1.00...CHONDRODITE (magnesium ortho-silicate) Masses with magnetite; New York ... . .............. Masses, in calcite..... . COPPER (copper) Massi ve or partly xled; Michigan, Arizona, et c. 1 X 2", .26...... , , .. .......native copper deposit ; Michigan ................. . · Masses in amygdaloid; Michigan ...................
Report (issue)
of Highway No. 61: and to the county engineer's office of Lake County at Two Harbors for various materials........ . 27 Tuffs and Sediments Related to the Keweenaw Point Volcanics ................................. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Township Township Township Township Township 54 55 55 56 56 North. North...SUPERIOR n V. TOWNSHIP DESClUPTIONS Township Tovvnship Township Township Township Township 57 57 57 58...Lighthouse, Located on an Anorthosite and Diabase Cliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting community...be observed in the minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907... Prospects for production were mediocre and the mine remained relatively idle until 1942 when E.J. Myler
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...with a semi-metallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, magnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chromite are in this subdivision...(dark grey), p. 34 Hard (Mohs more than 514) magnetite (black), p. 74 pyrite (pale brass yellow), p...(41795): Massive native gold in quartz. Mcintyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Tp., Cochrane Dende TOntaae ...Localities: San Antonio Mine, Bissett, Manitoba; McIntyre Mine, Timmins, Tisdale Township, Cochrane District
Report (volume)
Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Book
History of Lake Superior mining The Keweenaw copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle...developments 45 ., 45 Clinton iron ores of Dodge County, Wis 45 Paleozoic iron ores in western Wisconsin...geologic 70 knowledge 72 Bibliography 73 Michigan Northern Wisconsin Minnesota 77 Ontario 81...Menominee 96 96 97 district Crystal Falls district Keweenaw Point Northern ^Wisconsin Central Wisconsin...99 Royal and Michipicoten Island Keweenaw Point and northern Michigan and Wisconsin Keweenawan mesas Huronian
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...PAYNE, DeKalb Co. Hematite FREDONIA, Chambers Co. Magnetite GADSEN, Etowah Co. Hematite GAYESVILLE, Cherokee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOPHYSICA.L TION AND METHODS APPLIED GEOLOGIC MICHIGAN COPPER T. M. BRODERICK TO MAPPING AND EXPLORA-...surroundingrock, or uponthe dis- EXPLORATION IN MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT 491 coveryor delineation by...the latter have less copper. EXPLORATION IN MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT 493 cement in certain beds...resistanceof stretchesof copper-bearing lode in the (•uincy Mine and of the Eastern and Freda sandstones. Contact...the samepotena Now of the Physics Department, Michigan College of Mines. 4 At present with the U.S.
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
greatest individual increase that of the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee, Ariz. The following table shows the production...27, 1905; and information furnished the writer by mine owners and managers. 93 94 CONTRIBUTIONS TO...from the fact that preparations are being made to mine and mill 12,000 tons of this ore a day at Bingham... Nev., Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Ruth mine................ 2.6 Ely, Nev., Nevada Consolidated... All three kinds of ore often occur at the same mine, but the distinction holds good in a general way
 
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