 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 Microminerals of the Flambeau Mine Downloaded...University] at 18:13 12 April 2015 Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin Unless otherwise noted, mineral photography...the author's collection THE FLAMBEAU MINE, Wisconsin's first new metallic mine in twenty-five years, is...copper orebody. The mine has been producing world-class crystallized chalcocite specimens for the past...the specimen recovery under a contract between Flambeau Mining Company and BURMINCO. It is enlightening |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic Belt, northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA: Implications for future...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:...Volcanic Belt (PVB) of northern Wisconsin, Michigan and east-central Minnesota, USA. These cycles are responsible...paleoweathering profiles. The most significant are at the Flambeau and Back Forty deposits where Au-Ag-enriched indigenous...ores, as was the case at Flambeau (Flambeau Mining Corporation, 1976; Flambeau Mining Inc., 1990). Although |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EarlyProterozoicVolcanogenie MassiveSulfideDepositsin Wisconsin' An Overview THEODORE A. DEMATTIES 10-353rd AvenueN...144-mi-long,eastwest-trending Ladysmith-Rhinelander metavolcanic complex,which consists of various greenschists...zationin the 1880 to 1860 Ma Ladysmith-Rhinelander metavolcanic complex:(1) a mainvolcanic-arcsequence...ce, the structuralcore of the complex,(2) a laterallyequivalentand/oryounger(?),back-are basin,volcanic-volcaniclastic...volcanogeniemassivesulfidemineralizationin the Wisconsin FOul• potentiallyeconomicvolcanogenie(volcan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 South Third Street River Falls, Wisconsin 54022 his is Wisconsin’s... breweries, bratwurst, and Packers football, Wisconsin also has a diverse geology and a history rich...forgotten, abandoned, and overgrown. In this respect, Wisconsin represents a frontier state for the mineral collector...several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | communities in Wisconsin, the legislators, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Kennecott-Flambeau team...with the Flambeau mine, a copper mine in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, through the crystallized chalcocite specimens...due to decisions made by management at the Flambeau mine, and supported by commitments from its parent...decisions in the life of this mine that make it a good case study for the modern mine of the future. In addition...addition to specimen preservation, the Flambeau mine has set a standard for the use of highly sophisticated |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...COVER: CHALCOCITE, colored blue by a microthin coating of bomite, 5.7 cm, from the Flam beau mine, Ladysmith...Ladysmith, Wisconsin. William Larson collection; Jeff Scovil photo. The Mineralogical Record (ISSN 0026-4628)...Weardale fluorite miniature for $140, a beautiful 79 mine aurichalcite (2.75 inches) for $140, a Zambian libethenite...Tucson, Arizona 85721 Mexico is a geologically complex land with excellent examples of most of the tectonic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...with quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Azurite on malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo... calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Through the ’Scope The Flambeau Mine Rusk County, Wisconsin June 1993-March 1997 TOM ROSEMEYER P.O....Photo by Peter Rodewald, March 1995. T he Flambeau mine is a memory. On 7 March 1997 the last copper-gold-silver...silver/ton. The Flambeau mine has the distinction of being the smallest and richest open-pit copper mine in North...North America, and throughout its short life the mine produced 399 million pounds of copper, 190,000 ounces...collector are the hundreds of superb groups of chalcocite crystals that were recovered from the mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jeffrey Scovil photo. July/August: Calcite, Gallatin County, Mon tana. American Museum of Natural Histo ry...photo. September/October: Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wiscon sin. F. John Barlow...Hjerstedt photo. November/December: Chalcocite, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jim Minette specimen...Vanadinite mine, 56-59 Arkansas, Potash Sulphur Springs, 154-70 Arsenopyrite, Connecticut, 128; Wisconsin, 338...Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Azurite, Wisconsin, 338 Babcock, L . E . , see Media Reviews Babingtonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | $6.00 Descloizite vs. Mottramite from the Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer...Whale Mine, a rather obscure and defunct locality in the Goodsprings Mining District of Clark County, Nevada...Nevada. The Whale Mine consisted of underground workings about 400 feet in length and with an approximate...Specimens labeled as “cuprodescloizite” from the Whale Mine date back at least as far back as the late 1940s...descloizite (Castor, 2004). Figure 1: A typical Whale Mine specimen labeled as mottramite. It occurs as densely |  | | Journal (issue) | | Copper Crystals from the Flambeau Mine Near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin Perry M. Ponshock and William...Dept. of Plant and Earth Science University of Wisconsin - River Falls 410 South Third Street River Falls...cordua@uwrf .edu The Flambeau Mine, located near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, produced nearly 1.8...(averaging 10% Cu) from May 1993 to July 1997. The mine and tailings piles are now completely reclaimed...weatheredmeta-chert from the Flambeaudeposit,Ladysmith,WI.Fieldof viewis approximately 5 mm. Pete Rodewaldphoto |  | | Report (issue) | | Chalcocite Cu2 S c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic, pseudo-orthorhombic...90◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Bristol, Connecticut, USA (close to djurleite). 1.8800 (100), 2.4030 (70),...00 (1) Butte, Montana, USA; Fe present as pyrite. (2) New London, Maryland, USA; contains Fe as bornite...pure masses can be listed. From the Turinsk copper mine, Bogoslovsk, Ural Mountains, Russia. In England...St. Just, St. Ives, Camborne, and Redruth. In the USA, exceptional crystals from Bristol, Hartford Co. |  | | Journal (issue) | | at Silver Reef in southwestern Utah’s Washington County (figure 1) is a very unique occurrence. The high-grade...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp Tel: 434-964-0875...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...Fine, St. Lawrence County, New York Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals - Jetty Mine, Montana Rare Earth...Minerals, Sheep Creek, Montana The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada Majuba Hill Continued-Collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auckland Library] at 17:49 09 November 2014 SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH LEONARD WOLFF 2456 E. Rockview Sandy, Utah...Corporation’s Twin Creek mine and Placer Dome’s Getchell mine, both of which are in Humboldt County. In Utah, however...Mercur mine in Tooele County, located in the southern end of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Mercur mine is now...world-famous Bingham Canyon copper Leonard Wolff, the mine manager at Barneys Canyon from 1995 through 2001...twenty years of mining experience. Gerry Austin, the mine geologist, at Barneys Canyon from 1987 through 1999 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Bornite-coated Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin; 2011; 90 × 110; oil...oil on masonite. Figure 5. Vesuvianite, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec; 2011; 80 × 110; oil on masonite...2014 Figure 8. Smoky Quartz 3, Mooralia, Dundas County, Victoria, Australia; 2011; 100 × 110; oil on masonite... Redlands quarry, Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls County, New York; 2010; 80 × 90; oil on masonite. Figure...Figure 9. Fluorite, Flamboro quarry, Wentworth County, Dundas, Ontario; 2010; 100 × 120; oil on masonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menasha, Wisconsin, the Weis Earth Science Museum (figure 1) is part of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh...designated it as the Official Mineralogical Museum of Wisconsin, and its mission is to preserve and promote the...the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance of earth science...teaching at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Ten years later, he moved to UW-Fox Valley where...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNUSUAL MlAROLlTlC MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE FROM CENTRAL WISCONSIN. I: W Burhholzl, A. U . Falstes. and W R. Siniirions'...t o moderately rolling countryside of central Wisconsin. Several quarries on the mound exploit Early Proterozoic...Tectono-stratigraphicevolution of the Early Proterozoic Wisconsin magmatic terrains of the Penokean Orogen. Canadian...2016 Distorted pyrite crystals, Cary Mound, Wisconsin; secondary electron image. Field of view 250 micrometers...Buchholz. Distorted galena crystals, Cary Mound, Wisconsin; backscattered electron image. Field of view 120 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 05:02 15 June 2016 FLAMBEAU UPDATE As a follow-up to my article on Wisconsin mineral localities (November/...December 1998), I must note that the Flambeau copper mine site near Ladysmith is now completely reclaimed. The...well-crystallized minerals (including world-class iridescent chalcocite crystals) featured in several articles in Rocks...burial to reduce the chance of acid mine waters. A Flambeau mine site, now completely reclaimc?d. clay-rich... Doug Moore of the Heart of Wisconsin Those with specimens from the mine them. Some of these rarities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Location map for the MeiMe mine and the Murray mine. Prepared by William B. Besse. Downloaded...golden barite from the Meikle mine and the stibnite from the Murray mine are among the best of their species...crystallized barite, calcite (Meikle mine), and stibnite (Murray mine). Although not considered an asset...golden barite from the Meikle mine and the stibnite from the Murray mine are among the best of their species...Meikle mine. Geoprime specimen. Figure 3 (middle). Barite on calcite, 15 cm high, Meikle mine. Geoprime |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. March/April: Gold, Mystery wind mine, California. Pacific Mineral Museum specimen, Mark...calcite, Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff...SeptemberlOctober: Calcite with hematite inclusions, Lei Ping mine, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Werner Lieber specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia....aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan |  | | Book (volume) | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 14 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, 19 (Cuproadamite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb...Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India, 44 Aquamarine Pioniera Mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 Shigar...Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 48, 55 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) Calcite 884 Mine, near...Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Prov., China, 24 Cerussite, (on Malachite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia...Namibia, 29 Chalcocite 1010 Level, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, 5 Copper Lake Superior |  | | Book (volume) | | Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)...Tourmaline) Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Bismuthinite Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa); the Midwest Federation of...Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio), consistent...one hundred per state. Four states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the periphery of...phosphate species being described from just one mine, the Tip Top, in South Dakota. (Note: There are... Marion County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1835 Nitromagnesite Nicajack Cave, Marion County, Tennessee |
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Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Ladysmith-Rhinelander Metavolcanic Complex, Rusk County, Wisconsin, USA