 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 1843 Common Microscopic Finds from The Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, San Bernadino Co., California Tony Nikischer...Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral.com The Blue Bell Mine, within the unincorporated community of Zzyzx, has...adits and stopes collectively known as the Blue Bell Mine here has had a prolific history among mineral enthusiasts...minerals found here can be quite attractive. The mine operated as early as 1885, primarily for lead and...areas consisting of adits, stopes and dumps, the mine generally accessible via two different approaches |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of Central Dickinson County Michigan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation...Division^ Michigan Department of Conservation PAPER 310 Geology of Central Dickinson County Michigan By...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Conservation UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...--_ Age relations.___-_-___-_-_-_-___-___--_ Dickinson group.__-_-_-_____-_______--_-___ East Branch...amphibolite____-_-_____-__ Dickinson group (undivided)__-_____-___Conditions of deposition of the Dickinson group._-- |  | | 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 (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...shipping. Figure 5: Native copper crystals from Michigan, size 7 cm. In the late 1800’s, two prominent...exceptional Kongsberg silver and Langban native lead, Michigan native copper, Freiberg argentopyrite, Leadhills...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 I first went to the mine in the spring of...epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought by Richard Whiteman, president of Red...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the re covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an abundance...venture, Michigan, Hilton, Minesota, and other mines. Microminerals of the CALEDONIA MINE Ontonagon |  | | Catalog/List | | $10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wiscon�in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEMINECRYSTALLINECOPPER: Ontonogan, Michigan. A summer...Seaman Minera� Museum in Houghto�, �ichigan. �he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper...from the last operating commercial copper mine in Michigan! Priced at $3.00, $6.00, $10.00, and $15.00...COPPER/SILVER "HALFBREEOS'� Calumet and Hecia Mine, LalMichigan: Col!ected back in the 1960's |  | | Catalog/List | | 28Qj 0° A®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns... Small Ml. £4 £4-°0 HOWLITE, Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous...ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. £4 £5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | really appears to be the start of a quickly abandoned mine and is located near Huntsville (Madison Co.), Alabama...mining operation is a barite mine operated by the National Lead Co. The mine is easily seen from Highway...dump of the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding...crystallization set in forming the quartz and goethite which produced the onegite. Also running through...the summer of 1957 in the area of the old Calumet iron mine. You will note the quartz xls have inclusions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field...Robert Markert at 107 West Ridge Street, Ishpeming, Michigan. Visits were made to see the collections of Charles |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pottstown, Pennsylvania Donald R. Peacor Univ. of Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen...group at the first spring they half interest in the mine for the same amount to Messieurs found. The next...the Atlanta, a claim adjoining the Copper Queen mine. This claim This agreement was never honored by...in charge of exploration on the the Copper Queen mine in a foot race with a horse and rider over a Atlanta...into peon the choice of cash or a share of the mine, he reflected, “the cash age. Judge G. H. Berry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Midcontinental Rift of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA Ria L. Mitchell a,∗ , Nathan D. Sheldon b a...of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA b ...sedimentary rocks from the Keweenaw Peninsula (Michigan, USA) are geochemically characterized to examine...range of localities across the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Provenance indicators such as Ti/Zr and Ti/Al...of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (A) The modern extent of the MCR system, reaching |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...Gypsum, variety selenite, Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Left, 12 cm high; center, 17.6 cm high; right |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumen’...Pyromorphite on quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin Rausch specimen...of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Michigan Technological...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil...Point claim, Lake George intrusive center, Teller County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is one of the last American frontiers...expanding vista. On arrival at the American Nettie mine the superintendent, Mr. Kunz, permitted us to visit |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (issue) | | microcline var. amazonite, albite, topaz, fluorite, goethite, and others. The most highly mineralized areas...closed, and it is a challenge Calumet to even find dumps where decent iron mine specimens can be found. Silverton...“lean pickings” for minerals, and dealers Chaffee County, including the are the main source of their gold...includes a number of other well- accessible old adits, mine dumps, known mineral localities. The and outcrops...outcrops remain, and significant Sedalia copper mine, north of gold nugget finds are still made with Salida, |  | | Journal (issue) | | com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 8124 2 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-454 2 SPRING...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine. Near Ishpeming. Marquette County, Michigan 3 by Michael P. Basal HISTORIC...a gold nugget from Lhe Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan. The specimen measures I .5x2.5 cm...Mineralogy of the Ropes Gold Mine, Near Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan by Michael P. Basal Introduction...the Ropes Gold Mine. I had previously read an account o[ this historic site in Michigan Gold (Daniel Fountain |  | | Report (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bluff Point Mine . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caldwell Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Renprior Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zenith (Phoenix) Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buckhorn Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen...Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite... B. Cook, 426–31 Calcite, 462; Colorado, 410; Michigan, 312; Nevada, 516; New York, 162, 253; Quebec...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...517 Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59; Calaverite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com |
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