 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu KINOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona F ew states can approach...additions to any collection, few are as pretty as kinoite, a mineral named for one of the earliest explorers...theme of the 2012 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, kinoite has been suggested as an appropriate topic for...University, Auburn, Alabama. 50 ROCKS & MINERALS Kinoite is most familiar as small, transparent to translucent...density is 3.20, and its Mohs hardness is 2.5. Kinoite is monoclinic (2/m). Its crystals are generally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from Lake...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...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 (issue) | | copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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) | | New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. Rochester Mineralogical...acid, such as acetic acid, liberates well-formed kinoite crystals; stronger acids, such as hydrochloric...hydrochloric acid, will destroy the crystals. Kinoite from Arizona is related to late-stage retrograde hydrothermal...crystals coating fractures. Well-formed crystals of kinoite and native copper occur as inclusions in and as...Williams 1980). Samples from both the Laurium mine and the Christmas mine were analyzed using electron microprobe |  | | 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...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named |  | | Report (issue) | | Kinoite Ca2 Cu2 Si3 O8 (OH)4 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...X-ray Powder Pattern: Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA. 4.72 (100), 3.052 (81), 6.44 (74), 2.116 (41), 3... 23.01 7.39 (1) Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA. (2) Ca2 Cu2 Si3 O8 (OH)4 : Occurrence: In vugs and...Mountains, Arizona, USA); in amygdules in basaltic lava °ows (Calumet, Michigan, USA). Association: Apophyllite...Arizona, USA); quartz, calcite, copper, silver, epidote, pumpellyite, chlorite (Calumet, Michigan, USA). Distribution: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volume62, pages 1032-1033,1977 Kinoitefrom Calumet,Michigan A. P. RuorsALA ANDMe.nc L. WllsoN Department of...Engineering Michigan Technological Uniuersity, Houghton, Michigan 4993I Abstract Kinoite,CurCarSirO,o...Michiganoccurrence, Laurium Mine, Calumet,represents a differentenvironment.Here, kinoite is found as mineralsinclude...Michisankinoiteareessentially the sameas the type kinoite. the Kearsarge flow, about two miles south of...CurCarSirOro.2H2O,was described as a met. Here, kinoite is found as subhedralto euhedral new mineral species |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |  | | 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...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Friends of Mineralogy includes eight states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin...Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio), consistent with the U.S. Census Bureau...just over one hundred per state. Four states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the...phosphate species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are...tellurobismuthite found along with gold in northern Michigan). Alternately, globally abundant species might |  | | Catalog/List | | Santa Fe. New Mexico. Hansonberg District Socorro County New Mexico £25 3 DANBURITE single ,sharp, chesil...greyish slight blue tinge on Ix2 matrix. Maybee Michigan USA £15 ( from Chris Naughton Collection) 9. MEERSHAUM...cavities up to one inch size. near Little Lake, Inyo County California large 2x3 £17 Ix2 £7 I 2. EPIDOTE good...matrix with micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA 16. MAGNETITE , black lustrous...FLUORESCENT white . Yellow Pine rine, Clark County Nevada USA 2x 1.5 £8 N'~is..j CALCITE excellent pink |  | | Catalog/List | | _____ ½"£2.50 lx½£5 lx1£8 3 ■ AGRELLITE Villedieu Township, Kipawa River Quebec, Can 142 ■ CHRYSOPRASE Queensland...1077 ■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 220 ■ CLINOSAFFLORITE Capitol Mine. Gowganda, Ontario.Canada...matrix lx½£6 lxl£12 lx2£25 KMn0 1133 ■ CUPROADAMITE Laurium Greece Quite good coverage of green spheres on...CurichAdamile 766 ■ DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro crystals , with...lxl£6 CuSi0 .. - - -- -·- 131 ■ DOLOMITE Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria FERROAN DOLOMITE, rich |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered at Ajoite, Na3Cu2+ 20 the New Cornelia mine that is located in the town of Ajo (Schaller and...type locality is the Hillside mine in Yavapai County. The Hillside mine was mainly a zinc producer but...for the discovery 3 locality, the Antler mine, Mohave County (Hillebrand 1889). Apachite, Cu2+ Si10O29•...locality, the Christmas mine, Gila County (Cesbron and Williams 1980). The Christmas mine has produced four...Aravaipa mining district in which the Grand Reef mine, the discov10 ROCKS & MINERALS ery locality, is |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sulfosalts New to Darwin Mining District, Inyo County, California Gail E. Dunning 773 Durshire Way Sunnyvale...California 95060 The Darw in mining district, Inyo County, California has lo ng been known for its deposits...prospect, Darwin. Continued on page 6 Kinoite? from Lake County, Minnesota Mike Hedtke Route 1 Box 267...Clearbrook, Minnesota 56634 - What is probably Kinoite, Ca2 Cu 2Si:Ps(OH)4 , a rare mineral best known...calcite and quartz from the Laurium and other mines in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was recently discovered |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Mineralogy feature articles Minerals of the Laurium Mines, Attica G re e c e ........................Liability and inconveniences precipitate most closings. Mine owners, however, are not all un aware o f their...collector company. As discussed re garding the 79 mine* in last issue’s “W hat’s New in Minerals?” , the...actually works side by side with miners in a working mine, again often on a concession basis. Phelps Dodge...the case o f an overly popular aban doned mine (the 79 mine is a fine ex T he M ineraloeical RennrrJ |  | | 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...Mammothite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, and Laurium, Greece .........................................Pennsylvania 15026. The twelve color photos show groups of mine lamps and other mining antiques from the extraordinary...in the Urals, Soviet Union; the Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia; and the Anjanabonoina pegmatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | five years, from microcrystals of kinoite in quartz from the Laurium mine to an l8-foot, 2-ton copper boulder |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE |  | | Catalog/List | | J 3. APATITE variety FRA~CoLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Select, sharp, lustrous...association. l-txltxl". £2.75. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Very rich, light green...mineral. 4x2xli". £4,50. 5. 6. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select, turquoise coloured...attractive specillBn. 3x2xlt". £4.75. 7. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-at-Loire, France. Rich, crust...3-txltxl-t". £4.50. J -28. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Specimen A |  | | Journal (issue) | | fled to the cars. We moved on to the Blackcraig Mine tips for lunch. Much of the three to four mile stretch...site of the day was the Talnotry Arsenic and Nickel Mine dumps. This site is hidden deep in the forest, up...and set off for the Lauchentyre and King's Laggan Mine dumps. The road to the mines ran through some scenic...rejoined the party across the road at King's Laggan Mine. This meant traversing an even more mal-odorous...afternoon location and lunch spot was the Pibble Mine dumps, so we headed up the track towards the main |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...·----··--- ----- ·-- - - -3 ■ AGRELLITE Villedieu Township, Kipawa, River Quebec, Can 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA |  | | Catalog/List | | ----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals |
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Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA