 | | 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 | | 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) | | February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from Lake...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...the White Pine mine at the southern end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off |  | | 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...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...Person-other—Other persons such as miners, field assistants, mine managers, etc. Place —Used when a mineral is named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506...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...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A |  | | 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...[Sweden] 10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J....AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Proceedings, 40th 40thAnnual AnnualMeeting, Meeting,Houghton, Houghton,Ml, 40, part part2, 2, 185 185p. p. MI,v...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net All mineral photography...History and Mineralogy of the St. Louis Mine Houghton County, Michigan Twentieth in a series of articles...at the St. Louis mine, located about 1.3 miles east of the village of Laurium, Michigan. This little-known...microcrystals in amygdules contained in a lava flow top. The mine has also yielded uniquely banded agates that occur...of the flat-topped agateproducing mine dumps at the St. Louis mine. The foundation on the right was the |  | | Catalog/List | | Bisbee, Arizona Lodestone, Magnetic Iron Copper, Michigan Velvet Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona Rhodonite Zincite...Franklin, N. J. Quartz, Blue Rhodonite Copper, Michigan Az.urite, Bisbee, Arizona Quartz Group. Hot Springs...Dundas, Tasmania Quartz Group, Hou1Zhton Co., Michigan Carnotite, Montrose Co., Colorado Quartz var....Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine... Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Native Silver |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of M ineral N ames Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona (Also a Source of Wulfenite)...the mine. Peacor et al. (1985) noted that, at the time, the species was also known from Laurium, Greece...Locality map showing the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine in Pinal County, Arizona; prepared by William Besse. Figure...Figure 2. A view of the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine headframe near the large pit. Barbara Muntyan photo (2010)...with a pale blue streak and vitreous luster. The Laurium, Greece, mammothite crystals are noticeably different |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mi George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...by R. Seeman New mineral occurrences from the Laurium slags............................. 183 by R. Jaxel...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...crystals, titanite, apatite, aquamarine beryl, adularia and, of course, epidote. The epidote from this...the existence of an operation called the Hochfeld mine in 1537, and reference is also made to copper mines |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...1841 a report by Dr. Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic...possibilities of the region. A monument to Dr. Houghton constructed from material from every geological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Since retiring...year. During the last four years, the crushing of mine dumps (poor-rock piles) for road repairs and construction...operations, primarily in Keweenaw County, have increased the need for mine-run rock for the construction... resulting in the slow disappearance of smaller mine dumps. The end of copper mining in the Portage Lake...of the Copper Range Company’s Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University] |  | | Journal (issue) | | central in Middlesex County, of which it is the half shire town, and the county is central in the state...viz: Albite, aregonite, au tomolite, actinolite, adularia, allanite, amazon stone, anthophylite, apatite...Specimens observed are generally quite inferior. ADULARIA occurs sparingly at the iolite locality in small...mens. ALLANITE in small quantities at the epidote mine. AMAZON STOKE—I have observed some specimens of...had passed when I wrote to an English ofiicial at Laurium, Greece, enclosing a draft for a substantial amount |  | | Catalog/List | | SC,£40. ADAMITE/CUPRO-ADAMITE/SMITHSONITE ++. Laurium,Greece. Large cav ernous,gossan fragment carrying...hours hunting over with a hand lens! MUS,£30. ADULARIA/CHLORITE/AXINITE. 19 th c Alpine specimen with...carrying dark green plates of Chlorite,snow-white Adularia and a scattering of small,pale,clove-brown Axinites...Axinites. LC,£6. AGATE VAR THUNDER EGG. Oregon,USA. Large,polished h alf-geode shov ing scarlet and dark-brown...6W. SW. 9W. ALSTONITE. Jug Vein,Brownley Hill Mine,Nenth ead,Cumbria. Barite-rich matrix fragment topped |  | | Catalog/List | | an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...masses filling·small (Lockout Pass,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near...Au Te/2 bright metallic (Cripple Creek, Colcrado, USA) lem C321 CATAPLEITcE Na Zr Silicate. Yukspor,...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal |  | | | | and in conglo¬ merates in Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South...Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Book (edition) | | basalts and in conglomerates in Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South...Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from |  | | Catalog/List | | aggregates.Vitreous lustre. A-HIN,t4. B,C-SC,t6. ·42. ADULARIA/CHLORITE.Zillenthal,Switzerland.Several interlocking...tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment carrying... 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen....to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B. Matrix... ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CASSITERITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne, Cornwall. Grey sulphidic,vuggy matrix |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of...George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California......................................the first book on the subject: Early Underground Mine Lamps', it became the “bible” of lamp collecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $3.00 Opinion: Sulfides and Uranium in Michigan Addressing Popular Myths and Misconceptions Shawn...Shawn M. Carlson PO Box 24 Norway, Michigan 49870 The state ofWiseonsin has a proud mining history. From...northern Wisconsin in the 1980s, I think many of us Michigan geologists looked on with a mix of bewilderment...industry, admixed with pride at our pro-mining Michigan next door; that somehow our earth science education...than Wisconsin's, such that the good people of Michigan would never fall for the tactics of "big environmentalism" |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2021 Articles The Dragon's Lair gold, Beta Hunt mine, Western Australia ...............................specimen), 49.5 cm (over 49 kg), from the Beta Hunt mine, Western Australia. Photo by Robert Mosely (The...$324/ three years, (Canada) $196/ one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...Forrest was born April 21, 1932 in Willits, Mendocino County, California, the son of Helen and Forrest E. Cureton...2007 he was a full-time volunteer at the Empire Mine State Historic Park in Grass Valley, California |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of...George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Correspondents...published, a sample article (the recent Red Cloud mine article— click on the specimen photos and blow them...family, which had owned and operated the Las Chispas mine near Arizpe, Sonora. The family sent Schmitter a |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix, with several large lustrous creamy sharp ADULARIA crystals to i" in size, and a 1" creamy platy...J 3. APATITE variety FRA~CoLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Select, sharp, lustrous...association. l-txltxl". £2.75. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Very rich, light green...mineral. 4x2xli". £4,50. 5. 6. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select, turquoise coloured...attractive specillBn. 3x2xlt". £4.75. 7. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-at-Loire, France. Rich, crust |
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