 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE OF HALITE Krnrr- Srrnorr', Michigan CollegeoJ Mining and. Technology, Houghton, Michi,gan'...Superintendent of the Quincy Mine, and Professor W. A. Seaman of the Michigan Collegeof Mining and Technology...quantities of halite at the 85th level of the Quincy Mine, Hancock, Michigan. Since the Quincy is a copper...copper mine located in Keweenawan lava flows far removed from sedimentary strata known to contain halite, and...commonly found in the deep mine watersr of the Michigan Copper Mines. Halite has been mentioned2but once |  | | 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 (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) | | 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 (volume) | | collectors’ eye; a superb German Pyrargyrite, or Michigan Silver. The first group everyone can appreciate...Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Places of Geological and Mineralogical Interest in Michigan LOWER PENINSULA ARTHUR Y. JOHNSTONE Cranbrook...of Science 500 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013 The Upper Peninsula has pronounced geological...Paleozoic beds form the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin; from Marquette westward, the early Precambrian...beds, forming the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin, are evident as soon as you cross the 5-mile...Seaman Mineralogical Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 away softer surrounding |  | | Catalog/List | | tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals...Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River, Villodieu Township, Quebcc, Canada. massive...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Catalog/List | | ALGODONITE and WHITNEYITE (copper arsenides) Massive; Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....(copper) . . . . . . .50 Massive or partly xled; Michigan, Arizona, etc. Masses in conglomerate. Ore from...from �he world's largest native copper deposit; Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .35 Masses in amygdaloid; Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Ores of copper, assorted...GOETHITE (hydrous ferric oxide) Fibrous mass; Michigan . . . GOLD (gold) Gold Quartz, gray, rieh ore; |  | | 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; |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ Unusual occurrence of halite. By Kiril Spiroff .......................................................... A visit to an amber mine in East Prussia. By Miss Gertrude Schmidt ........In due time. Ten mineral collectors hiked to a mine One fell down a shaft then there were nine. Extensive... Was.hlngton and Wind River met at the Fremont County Vocational High School In Lander. The meeting was...lead mines on the Alston Moor and the newly opened mine at Nenthead and Nentbury. I was able to persuade |  | | Catalog/List | | Grii,uritt Fibrous, grayish-green in magnetite; Michigan . . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in pink...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...CONICHALCITE-Scc Higginsite COPPER (copper) Massive, pure; Michigan, 1 x 2', .25 . .. . ... ... . . ... . 95 Masses...copper deposit; Michigan . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 9 Massts in amygdaloid; Michigan . . . . .. . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre...(originally Hackleton's Rock) at Lincoln, Provi dence County, in 1640. Limestone was quarried there and "burned" |  | | 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..... . COPPER (copper) Massi ve or partly xled; Michigan, Arizona, et c. 1 X 2", .26...... , , .. .......native copper deposit ; Michigan ................. . · Masses in amygdaloid; Michigan ......................(hydrous ferric oxide) Fibrous mass; Arizona or Michigan . . . . . . 1 x 2", .35 2.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns4 of the Quincy halite and known sodium chloride were identical. The...The part of the 85th level where the halite was found in such abundance has not been in use for six years...the walls, floors, and crevices are covered with halite in a manner similar to the occurrences of calcium...carbonate in limestone caves, it is believed that the halite was precipitated by evaporation from waters as...from solution. These localities were Oronogo Circle mine, Oronogo, Missouri; the National Pigment and Reavis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sylacauga, Talladega Co., Ala. ARIZONA—The old Yuma mine, famous for its wonderful specimens of vanadinite...vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although abandoned...am sending some wulfenite xls from the old Yuma mine in the Tucson Mts. These xls range anywhere from...single xls. This mine quit working about 1920 and was mainly a gold, silver, and lead mine." ARKANSAS—Billy...Creek bridge. I was unable to enter the titanium mine, so did not get any rutile. I finally was able to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mann collection, page 193. (rniddle colurnn) Blue Halite-Thad and Barbara Dunbar collection, page 78; Amethyst-Farrar...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among |  | | 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) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | this publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted...futile effort to reopen the former Chipman silver mine in Newbury. A brief exploratory foray into the Berkshires...companies led to a survey of the former Davis copper mine in Rowe, but that effort was abandoned, according... enough was found recently to warrant opening a mine. Hon's advice: "It is worth pursuing." Gleba, who...is also exploring in the area of the old Newbury mine and hopes sometime in his life to prospect in Australia |
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