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Orientite from
Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orientite
Formula:Ca8Mn103+(SiO4)3(Si3O10)3(OH)10 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Macfallite13 photos of Orientite associated with Macfallite at this locality.
Calcite8 photos of Orientite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Braunite3 photos of Orientite associated with Braunite at this locality.
Tangeite1 photo of Orientite associated with Tangeite at this locality.
Neltnerite1 photo of Orientite associated with Neltnerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orientite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:93068
Long-form Identifier:1:3:93068:6
GUID (UUID V4):90f89d09-9021-42dc-b6b1-97db73cbda7f
Localities for Orientite in this Region
Lake Manganese Vein, Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Orientite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Lake Manganese Vein, Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. A group of euhedral blocky crystals of orientite that have been exposed by acid dissolution from...Calumet, Michigan 49913 tajmahal@gilanet.com History and Mineralogy of the Manganese Mine Keweenaw County...County Michigan Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological University...Houghton. He now spends a good part of the year in the Copper Country researching and writing articles about...articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Downloaded by [Lakehead University] at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 MacFallite and orientite" calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan PAUL B. MOORE, JUN...University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 6o637, USA SYNOPSIS SUMMARY. MacFallite, Ca2(Mna+,A1)3(OH)3[SiO4]...new species occurring with manganite, braunite, orientite and pyrolusite blebs, stringers, and framboidal...and lenses in Keweenaw basalt near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is rich...ct yellow, fl light brown, 7 dark brown, 7Hb. Orientite, Ca2Mn 2+Mn 3+(OH)4[Si3Olo]-Ca2Mn2 a + (OH)2[Si3Oao]"
Report (issue)
Ca2Mn2+ Mn3+ 2 Si3 O10 (OH)4 Orientite ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...reddish brown, chocolate-brown when enclosing manganese oxides. Streak: Brown. Luster: Resinous, semimetallic;...130(7) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA. 9.448 (100), 4.740 (100), 3.026 (45)...recalculated for total Mn as Mn2 O 3 : (2) Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA; average of three analyses, by electron...(OH)4 with total Mn as Mn2 O 3: Occurrence: In manganese orebodies in latite and andesite tu®s, agglomerates
Report (issue)
framboidal aggregates; in ¯ne intergrowths with orientite; massive. Twinning: By re°ection on f100g, commonly...c = 8.970(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA. 2.70 (100), 4.76 (90), 1.588 (85),...Total 99.94 [100.00] [2.49] 3+ (1) Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA; corresponds to (Ca 1:93 Mn 2+ 0:05...in ¯ssures and in lenses in basalt (Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA); replacing braunite under low-temperature...Association: Manganite, braunite, orientite, pyrolusite (Manganese Lake, Michigan, USA); braunite, quartz, manganoan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C ollector’s Note THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 12:45 28 February...minerals in the altered [Michigan] copper lodes for the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Company, noted a...Find Manganese-rich Pumpellyite From the Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan 548... See also Palache and Vassar (1925). In 1973, Michigan adopted the compact, massive green variety of...commonly referred to in Michigan as “Isle Figure 1. Map of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula showing the location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal chemistry of macfallite from Keweenaw County, Michigan was studied using electron microprobe...and lenses in Keweenaw basalt near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan (Moore et al...metamorphosed and metasomatized manganese deposits in metacherts from the Cerchiara mine, eastern Liguria, Italy...low-grade metamorphic rocks from the Wakasa manganese mine, Hokkaido, Japan (Miyajima et al. 1998). The...calcite, orientite, and braunite that occur in basalt located near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, in Keweenaw
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)
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...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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal structures of ruizite, macfallite and orientite Pe,ul B. Moonn, JrNcnue,u SuBNI eNo Tereuenu Anerr2...4 f o r 2 4 3 7 i n d e p e n d e n t Faon; d orientite, Ca2Mn2+Mn]+(OH)4[Si3Oro], orthorhombic,a : 9...infrequently encountered. Ruizite, macfallite, orientite, lawsonite, sursassite,ardennite,pumpellyite,...ET AL: STRUCTURES OF RUIZITE, MACFALLITE AND ORIENTITE t72 Table l. Crystal-chemicalcharactersofthe...ET AL: STRUCTURES OF RT]IZITE, MACFALLITE AND ORIENTITE r73 Fig. 2a. sheetof 3[Mrf]hToq)) showinsm,10)
Catalog/List
flat calcite-- attractive piece 6x4. Whitesmith Mine Stontian Scotland £25 7 ElJDIAL YTE rich red masses...silicates (Xl Oneeded) Big Creek Fresno Co California USA £8 12 GANOPHYLLITE orange -brown good thin crystalline...covering all over the top surface 4x3cm Cassagna Mine, Ne Liguria Italy £ 25 14 STRONTIO-ORTHO JOAQU1N1TE...pinkish micro crystals on Boracite crystals Boulby mine Loftus Yorkshire 3x2cm £18 16 PRICEITE hard white...surface Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia Italy £8 18 NATIVE COPPER a cleaned piece 8x5cm Keweenaw peninsula Michigan
Journal (issue)
with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” 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)
tetragonal spinelloid mineral from the Gozaisho mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Mineral. J. (Tokyo)...The mineral occurs in the Mn ores of the Gozaisho mine. Iwaki. Japan, associated with rhodonite, quartz...a longlasting passion for the minerals of the Keweenaw Peninsula. A. P. Magnesiocarpholite Bruno Gofe...MacFallite and orient'ite: calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan. Mineral. Mag., 43, 325-331...in great abundance with manganite, braunite, orientite, and pyrolusite blebs, stringers, and framboidal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
m a t e r i a l ; a s s o c i a t e d w i t h orientite, b r a u n i t e , m a n ganite, a n d p y r o...r H a r b o r , K e w e e n a w C o u n t y , Michigan. 2 3 + 3 3 4 2 7 The mineral was named...passion for the minerals of the Keweenaw Peninsula in upper Michigan makes a new species from that area...MacFall also was involved in finding some of the manganese minerals with which the new species was associated...the best private collections of minerals from the copper deposits o f Michigan's Northern Peninsula. Currently
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........................... 215 by S. G. Bywater Copper Country microminerals............................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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf
Report (issue)
8.20 (1) Quinault, Washington, USA. (2) Equity mine, Colorado, USA; original total given as 100.10%...mineral in manganese deposits. Association: Rhodochrosite, bementite, hausmannite (Hale Creek mine, California...California, USA); datolite, pectolite, apophyllite, ruizite, orientite, quartz (Wessels mine, South Africa)...Dillenburg, Hesse. At Lº angban and in the Harstigen mine, near Persberg, VÄarmland, Sweden. From Sa̧ca̧r^amb...South Africa. In the USA, from Quinault, Grays Harbor Co., and in the Crescent mine, Olympic Peninsula
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOI 10.1007/s00710-016-0425-7 ORIGINAL PAPER Manganese mineralization in andesites of Brestovačka Banja...Bor metallogenic zone including numerous porphyry-copper and epithermal deposits. Two main volcanic phases...second volcanic phase of Turonian-Campanian age. Manganese mineralization containing 58 % MnO on average...which is contemporaneous with the manganese mineralization. Manganese mineralization predominantly consists...Mn-Ca silicates (macfallite, pumpellyite-Mn, orientite, bustamite) and Mn oxides (pyrolusite, manganite)
Journal (issue)
articles Famous Mineral Localities: The Kalahari Manganese F ie ld ........................................on the Benitoite Gem mine, it was stated that the Mina Numero Uno, a nearby mine having a similar mineralogy...FOURTH JOINT MSA-FM MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM DETROIT, MICHIGAN OCTOBER 15-16, 1978 The fourth joint meeting of...will be held at the Detroit Ar­ mory, Detroit, Michigan, in association with the Greater Detroit Gem and...Geology and Mineralogy The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 The deadline for receipt of abstracts
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
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
193; anal. by, 195 Aureole of Nahant Gabbro, Mass., USA, chemical mineralogy of, anal., paragenesis, metamorphism...D.), see MATTHEWS (A.), 405 BENNETT (J. N.) and GRANT (J. N.), Analysis of fluid inclusions using a pulsed...BEVAN (J. C.), and MALLINSON (L. G.), Zinc- and manganese-bearing chromites and associated grossular from...), Georgeite, a new amorphous copper carbonate from the Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, 97 BRINDLEY...WILLIAMS (S. A.), Apachite and gilalite, two new copper silicates from Christmas, Arizona, 639 Chalk, Kent
Report (issue)
03{9.064 X-ray Powder Pattern: Christmas, Arizona, USA. 11.95 (100), 4.19 (70), 3.12 (60), 5.09 (50), 3...13 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Christmas, Arizona, USA; SiO2 by solvent extraction, Mn and Ca by AA, H2...under oxidizing conditions (Christmas, Arizona, USA). Association: Apophyllite, kinoite, junitoite, wollastonite... Arizona, USA); apophyllite, pectolite, datolite, inesite, orientite, quartz (Wessels mine, South Africa)...Distribution: In the Christmas copper mine, Christmas, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. From the N'Chwaning and Wessels
Book
variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G ...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt
 
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