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Muscovite from
Champion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, Champion Mine, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:996538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:996538:6
GUID (UUID V4):5cbcc721-8b80-4b97-9270-bf97557d6de3
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
4.7km (2.9 miles) Baltic Mine, Baltic, Adams Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Superior Mine (Old Superior Mine), Superior, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) Isle Royal Mines, Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) Arcadian Mine, Ripley, Franklin Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles) Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) Arsenide Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Mass Fissure, Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) BIC deposit (Bovine Igneous Complex), Baraga County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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)
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
Catalog/List
43x31x20mm £132 2) SPESSARTINE on Quartz and Muscovite, Gilgit, Pakistan. Three gemmy blood orange 7mm...Specimen size- 36x23x18mm £116 3) WULFENITE, Erupcion Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. Matrix free large lustrous orange...£67 6) ANAPAITE in fossilised clam shell, Kerch Mine, Keren Peninsula, Russia. Solid sea green crystalline...38x12x7mm £67 9) GOLD, Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA. Pure crystallised gold specimen sized24x18x5mm...Sphalerite, Blueberry Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma Co., Colorado, USA. Raspberry red rhombic crystal with
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
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia
Report (issue)
COLJ('H ............................Instructor in Mine Accounting nlltl Secretary JAY FOREWORD 6 T H E...DUMORTIERITE I N HUMBOLDT QIJEERCANYOX, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, .I G. Jones ............................Jeffery, President Champion Porcelain Company. C. H. Lawson, Superintendent of the Champion Porcelain Company...Company Mine at Oreana, Xerada. Adolf Pabst, Milleralogy Department, University of California. A. Wetmore...occurrence of dumortierite in a quartz, rich muscovite pegmatite, and Linck (30), much earlier, described
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 .
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)
at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...crystals are severely flattened when included in muscovite. Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine... kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite, and the plagioclase, amphibole, and...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...brookite, hematite, quartz, titanite, chlorite, muscovite, kyanite, andalusite, and pyrophyllite. Microscopic...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...cavities in tourmaline from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895). Other historical Massachusetts ...mining oiieration\ at Graves %lorintain, Georgia, hy mine superintendent Logan hIoore. It was subseqiiently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November-December 1950 THE MINERALS OF THE CHAMPION, MICHIGAN, AREA By JOSEPH A. MANDARINO 1034 North Keystone...September of 1949, the writer was employed by the Michigan College of Mining and Technology as a member of...radiometric and geologic survey of an area north of Champion, Michigan. As no work was done on Sundays, the writer...advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that the following...contemplating a Northern Michigan trip. The Beacon Mine Dumps, Beacon, Michigan The Beacon Mine, operated by the
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ...
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;
Report (issue)
DIRECTOR THE MARdUETTE IllON-BEARING Mim OF MICHIGAN J^TJ^Js^S CHARLES RICHARD VAN HISE aud WILLIAM...Macroscopical Microscopical : 171 171 171 171 Muscovite-granites 174 Origin of the granites 175 The...The 192 schists The micaceous schists 195 Muscovite-schists 195 Biotite-schists 196 Feldsjiathic...Interesting localities Michigamme area 322 Nonpareil mine 324 Siamo Hills 324 326 Area east of Teal Lake...384 385 Humboldt area Champion .area 389 Republic area 389 Magnetic mine area 390 . . ' IX
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...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...massive lxl £1 lx2 £2 2x2 £5 104 ■ EMMONSITE Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico Green crusts on matrix. quite
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to its fine grain and intimate relation to the muscovite, concentration would probably be impossible. AcrxowrBoGMENT...not be given Dr. J. A. Jeffery, President of the Champion Porcelain Company. LITHIOPHILITE AND OTHER RARE...lithiophilite without crystal form, in platy albite with muscovite, qvartz and a very little dickinsonite as accessory...the apatite were albite, quartz, columbite and muscovite. When more of these phosphates are found it is...addressed on the subject oI Mining Districts in Michigan and. Ontarin by the secretary, who described his
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...museum recently, I have come to realize that, like muscovite (which I will feature at a later time), siderite...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The composite crystals...of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage masses to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TO ROCKHOUNDS PARADISE, U.S.A. (MARQUETTE COUNTY) - MICHIGAN By BOB M A R K E R T The Midwest Federation...the abandoned dumps of the Holmes and Cliff Shaft Mine. Cau­ tion: Permission must be obtained in the latter...Park, S. Jackson Pit, and near County Road 581 near the Greenwood Mine road intersection. Magnetite is...Magne­ tite is found at the Greenwood Mine and the Champion Mine. The best grade and best looking specimens...specimens coming from the latter mine. Magnetite is the associated mineral in every case when one finds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAULF. KEI•R. INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe...,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia, east of the Sierra Nevada...of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is locatedabout 9000 feetabovesea-level.All...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance...7500 feetto almost•o,ooofeetabovesealevel.•' The mine workingsare locatedalongthe face of a cliff on the
Report (issue)
were widely experienced in mineral exploration and mine development. ^.S. Geological Survey 904 W. Riverside...showing location of the proposed work, existing mine workings, related geologic features, and property...property. The contract operator was not obligated to mine any ore found by contract work, nor was the government...location of the proposed work, with respect to existing mine workings and to mining claim or property boundaries...map (Plate 1). Property locations are shown by county, in appropriate townships, and in approximate sections
Report (issue)
migmatite ____________________________ _ Biotite-muscovite quartz monzonite __________ _ Gneissic granite...ores-----------------------------Mine descriptions----------------------------------Wilfley-Kimberly mine __ --------________________...Consolidated mine, Eldorado and Wilson mines, Felicia Grace mine, and Champion (New York) mine----------...hotomicrographs of polished sections from the Michigan-Snowbank, Triangle, and Lucky Strike mines __...________________________________ _ 21. Map of outlines of mine workings and ore bodies------------------------
Report (issue)
of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1904-F AVAILABILITY...of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan By R.C JOHNSON and T.J. BORNHORST U.S. GEOLOGICAL...of the Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan / by R.C. Johnson and T.J. Bornhorst. p. cm...2. Rocks, Igneous Michigan Marquette County. 3. Geology Michigan Marquette County. I. Bornhorst, Theodore...Title: Ishpeming Greenstone Belt, Marquette County, Michigan. IV. Series. V. Series: U.S. Geological Survey
 
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