 | | Journal (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines....................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...05:05 09 June 2012 Lake Superior Native Copper District Fifteenth in a series of articles on the mines...Michigan’s Copper Country 298 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Considered by some to be the finest copper specimen...world, this 6 × 8-cm crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the collection of...and the piece is now on display in the special Copper Country collection case; Jeff Scovil photo. Downloaded |  | | 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) | | with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives...of Donald Pearce (1941-1989) The “Copper King” The MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY L. W i l s o n New Mexico...t a n l e y J. D y l II Seaman Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University % 1992 T h e M in e...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...Burbank) wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Museum Michigan Technological University 1404 E. Sharon Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 cjstefan@mtu...WILLIAM B. BARR JR. 1405 Hewett Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 wbarr@umich.edu Figure 1. Portrait of young...year as his early journey to the Lake Superior copper district. The back of the photo indicates it was...Christopher J. Stefano (1849–1933) One of the Copper Country’s Greatest Mineral Collectors A TRUE “RENAISSANCE...exploration geologist and mine manager at various mines in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. A lover of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | untarreplaced by various silver halides, ruby silvers, acanthite, and stephanite are known. Similarly, silver has... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...the Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the...the Sullivan mine ver-lined history is Colorado, with a pro(King and Foord 1994). Silver duction of more |  | | 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 George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...........19 by O. Johnsen Michigan Native silver occurrences in the copper mines of Upper M ich ig a...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith |  | | Book (volume) | | the Atlantic Coast Fall Line, so named from the falls or rapids in rivers at places where they pass from...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: |  | | 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; |  | | Catalog/List | | 02230 - 15404 (dftc~ 19.00 hrs) • Dfl No. 001 ACANTHITE xx - Medenec, A multi-terminated of quartz and...75x50x31 010 ALUMINOCOPIAPITE - Champion Mine, California, USA. A pure yellow botryodal mass. 28x28xl8...6lx47xl8 22,00 017 APACHEITE - Christmas Mine, Gila Co., USA. Pale blue patches in matrix. Moderately...xl 13xl0x8 8,00 )!. .. 022 AXINITE xx - Obira Mine, Japan. A large terminated xl, 47x27, forming the...variety GOLDEN11 X - Slocum's Quarry, Haddam, CT, USA. A terminated 39x9x7 single xl embedded on a large |  | | Book | | variety, etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G ...five book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic Belt, northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA: Implications for future exploration...LLC, 34898 University Ave, Cambridge, MN 55008, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords:...Belt (PVB) of northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA. These cycles are responsible...production of exceptionally high-grade, direct shipping copper and/or gold ores. As such, the buried PVB unconformity...can produce highgrade, direct shipping gold and copper ores, as was the case at Flambeau (Flambeau Mining |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc, along with lesser...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds, etc |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...shales of tl~e Acanthite Green River Fonnation in Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic |  | | Book (edition) | | Ruthenium 129 Palladium Mercury and its Compounds Copper and its Compounds 141 Silver its Lead and its...on windows, and in arborescent forms of native copper, silver, gold, etc. Fig. 11 represents, much magnified...under the hammer, as in native gold, silver, copper. When thin slices may be cut off with a knife...metallic are named after some familiar metal, as copper-red, bronze-yellow, brass-yellow, gold-yellow,...from the English, A A as follows: = Antimony = Copper Fe = Iron Ferrum Pb = Lead Plumbum Hydrargyrum |  | | Book | | was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow | | | Book | | was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow |  | | Report (issue) | | exposed in a 57.54 -mm-·diameter came ra using copper radiation and a nickel filter. All cl-spacings...1951: and Sons, vol. 1 (1944), vol. 2 (1951). ACANTHITE Ag2S Loe.: Ref.: Freiber g, Saxony. Ramsdell...Group ALGODONITE Cu3 As Loe.: Ref.: Ahmeek Mine, Michigan, U . S . A. A.S . T.M., No. 2 - 1266. ALLACTITE...(1) Pieds des Monts, Quebec, Canada. (2) Amherst County, Virginia, U.S. A. Ref.: Kauffman, A.J. Jr., and...) 3 . 18HzO Loe.: Ref.: Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gabinet, M.P.: Min. Sbornik |  | | Book (edition) | | GO beaxis ; in other words, the common value c Acanthite. Again, in the zone O, 14, 2-, longs to them all...zone between two cubic planes; the dodecahedron falls in this 1. The angle zone, being a special case...in dendritic crystallizations of native gold and copper, in which the angle of divergence of the branches...having been removed ; so also calcite after native copper after cuprite. gay-lussite In the change of cuprite...two rays are most separated when (1) the light falls PERPENDICULAR to the vertical axis. As its inclination |  | | Book (edition) | | zone between two cubic planes ; the dodecahedron falls in this The angle 1. zone, being a special case...in dendritic crystallizations of native gold and copper, in which the angle of divergence of the branches...having been removed ; so also calcite after native copper after cuprite. gay-lussite In the change of cuprite...two rays are most separated when (1) the light falls PERPENDICULAR to the vertical axis. As its inclination...powder is applied to a thin wheel of soft iron or copper, rotating on a lathe. For minerals which are not |
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