| | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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...form the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin; from Marquette westward, the early Precambrian (Archaean)...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Library] at 15:24 24 November 2014 Marquctle, Michigan 49855 Specimen recovery in the Iron Country is...Peninsula (U.P.) counties (Marquette, Baraga, Iron, and Dickinson) of Michigan, plus a small portion of...northeastern Wisconsin. This includes the famous Marquette and Eastern and Western Menominee iron ranges...Gogebic iron range, home of the well-known Montreal mine in Wisconsin. (My collecting experience has not...the town of Negaunee, and the first mine to open was the Jackson mine in 1845 (Boyum 1983).At that time | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | WELCOME 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 (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) | typically shrouded in the clouds. Author’s photo. The Champion Mining Company & No. 4 Shaft Robert L. Fox Jr...in the town of Painesdale, Michigan you will find the site of the Champion Mining Company. The Company...50% of the Champion Mine. The mine was managed by Copper Range Company. The Champion Mine had six shafts...still in operation in 1930. During the 1930s the mine was working the 48th level, 4,800 feet from the...on the incline at the No.4 Shafthouse. The Champion Mine was one of the largest and richest copper mines | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GROUND WATER AND GEOLOGY OF MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN By C. J. Doonan and J. L. VanAlstine...cooperation with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Lansing, Michigan 1982 UNITED STATES...Division 6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5 Lansing, Michigan 48910 CONTENTS Glossary ___________________...Air Force Base _________________________________ Champion Home Owners Association ____________________________...Club _________________________________________ Michigan Northwoods Club ____________________________________ | | | 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 | tts pee erg Hintli0 Py 4> ne ’ i<) ee 6's) Michigan, by.Edward C. Peterson and Esther A. Middlewood...of mining will find most mine managers willing to help, even though the mine may not be open to casual...State Offices of Information, Chambers of Commerce, mine managers, and Bureau personnel have freely contributed...old shafts! Always use available guide services. Mine openings (tunnels, adits, open pits) should never...during active operations, they are swept out of the mine by the controlled ventilating current. Remember | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | specimens from the Red Devil Mine, copper nuggets from the Kennecott mine, etc. and I can assure you that...Trapnell donated to R&M a very fine specimen of white gypsum pseudo glauberite xls. The specimen comes from...the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sweet Home mine, the 1 1. Urad mine, Clear Creek County 1. Sweet Home mine, Park County Climax mine, the Eagle...Eagle 12. Moose mine, Gilpin County 2. Sunnyside mine, San Juan County mine in Gilman, and var13. Julia...Julia Fiske mine, Leadville, Lake County 3. Mountain Monarch mine, Ouray County 14. John Reed mine, Lake County...County ious mines in San Juan, 4. Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray County 15. Columbine Lake prospect, La Plata...Plata County 5 . Daniel Bonanza mine, Ouray County Hinsdale, and Ouray 16. Bulldog mine, Creede, Mineral | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Department of Geology Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859 Introduction The early...O ) J , gain of one or more constituents [e.g., gypsum ( C a S 0 • 2 H O ) after anhydrite ( C a S 0 )...classified i n the a B 4 z 4 2 2 JUNE 237 Gypsum after anhydrite has been found to occur sporadically...evaporite sequence rocks in the Plasterco mine i n Washington County. Hematite after calcite and/or aragonite...altered mica peridotite dike near Waterlick, Warren County ( Y o u n g and Bailey, 1955). Chlorite, muscovite | | Cornwall, H.R., Runner, J.J., Stromquist, A.A., Swanson, R.W., White, W.S. (1949) Detailed geologic map of the recently active copper mines; Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. Open-File Report Vol. 1949 (50-4) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr504 | Report (issue) | copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A. Stromquist................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30.............. 36 36 36 Contents (cont'd) Champion mine * Introduction .............. Stratigraphy.* | | | Report (issue) | Fluorspar 9 Gems and semi-precious stones 10 Gypsum 10 Limestone 11 Lithium 12 Ornamental stone...databases. Also shown is the location of the Champion dumortierite mine 23 Figure 5. Location of known mines...Location of known mines, prospects, and occurrences of gypsum in the WSRA. Information from MRDS and MILS databases...metallic minerals. To date, production of diatomite, gypsum, and sand and gravel has been most important in...Nevada are aggregate, diatomite, lime, cement, gypsum, barite, lithium carbonate, silica, clay, and magnesia | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mineral has the appearance of clear, transparent gypsum, and is remarkably cleavable. The author has, however...analyses of hiibnerite from ( a ) the North Star Mine, Silverton, Colorado ; ( b ) Cement Creek, near...2l/felrico.-A specimen of hessite from the Refugio Mine, Jalisco, contains 62-80 per cent. of Ag2Te, 1.96... Chlorito'id, Grunerite, and Riebeckite from Michigan. B y A. C. LANE, H. F. KELLER, and F. F. SHARPLESS...been known to occur in the upper peninsula of Michigan for some years. Recently it has been found in | | | Book | do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...resulting in well-formed collectible crystals such as gypsum (page 252) and epidote (page 221). Solid crystal-filled...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...mineral’s physical properties in order to identify Gypsum it. Many minerals have very characteristic physical | | | Catalog/List | aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...See M! Vol 14, pa 115 __ to!a, - St. llilaire Champion Hi,Ca Diamond Lake,( Hex1 co Cres tmore f,lry...Ontario, Canada Maid of Sunshi Michigan Haine Roxbury, CT Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks...Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants, New Hex Workman Creek Spain Connecticut..."Roses11 Hartse! !,CO Juanita Hi,NH Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite | | | 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...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline | | | Journal (issue) | canyon road leads co the Tick Canyon Sterling Borax mine where very interesting specimens of howlite, suitable...a few miles brings us co a cinnabar mine of low grade. This mine resumed operationr. in the past year...and the entire sering extending to the San Diego county line from their supply of water. Owens lake was...California's richest silver, lead, zinc 72 mine. The silver ore in the mine averaged over $300.00 a ton and several...small blue beryl crystals were found and the Reward mine where linarite, azurite, malachite, pyrargyrite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ASSOCIATED PSEUDOMORPHS AT THE ANDERSON MINE, MINERAL COUNTY. NEVADA Herrrrrp Gouoev, Yerington, N...Mineral County, Nevada, was an important copper producer and of the producing mines the Champion-Anderson...minerals observed in the deeper levels of the Champion mine are chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite, pyrite...The accessibleworkings in the adjacent Anderson mine weie all in the oxide zone. In these upper levels...wulfenite crystals had been found in some of the Champion workings, that mineral was suspectedhere, but | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province...History. Figure 1. Gemmy siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province...pseudomorph calcite, dolomite, fluorite, barite, gypsum, galena, and bismuthinite (Palache, Berman, and...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 |
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