| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Cuprite |
| Formula: | Cu2O |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified, XRD |
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| Copper | 1 photo of Cuprite associated with Copper at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Cuprite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cuprite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Allouez No. 1 Mine, Allouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1394368 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1394368:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bd14d725-4437-4723-9bfd-05d5a8352a40 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite |
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| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘKingston Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘAllouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘAllouez Conglomerate Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘAhmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘKearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘWolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘWolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘSouth Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘNo. 6 shaft, Centennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘCentennial Mine, Centennial Heights, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...Magdalena, New Mexico 87825 tajmahal@gilanet.com Figure 1. A classic group of free-growing, complex copper crystals...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 |  | | 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 |
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Allouez No. 1 Mine, Allouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA