| | 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) | Country flep)LOSO ofrhe Copper Range Company, White Pine, Michrgm Used wuh permission. Downloaded by...Ouray, Colorado 81427 he White Pine mine and adjacent town of White Pine are located about 6 miles south...the western part of Ontonagon County, Michigan. The area is accessible by Michigan Highway 64, which winds...to 500 feet in elevation above Lake Superior. The mine lies within a belt of copper-bearing Precambrian...Keweenaw Peninsula, a distance of 160 miles. The White Pine sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposit is | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CARLSON MARK J. ELDER PO Box 234 Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 shawncarlson@hotmail.com markelder@juno...Copper Country’s underappreciated minerals. The White Pine mine produced some exceptional water-clear tabular...chalcopyrite (Wilson and Dyl 1992). The Phoenix mine also produced rare accessory barite, typically as...stumbled across a large exposed barite vein in Ontonagon County during a traverse conducted for a mineral...Shawn M. Carlson is a 1991 graduate (geology) of Michigan Technological University and a consulting diamond | | | 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) | DISCUSSIONS VEIN-W•iLL ROCK REL,q TIONSHIPS, WHITE PINE MINE Sir: R. H. Carpenter's paperentitled"SomeVein-Wall...Rock Relation- shipsin theWhitePineMine,Ontonagon Co.,Michigan" presents exceedinglyinteresting factsregarding...made a useful contributionto knowledgeof the White Pine orebody. The next and most essentialstep will...Jonas (1), whohasapparently found RE-hydrated montmorillonite involcanic ash. ROBERT B. CATE, GEORGETOWN | | | Journal (issue) | brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...Figure 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia | | | Report (issue) | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore. Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered.................................. . 13 Guadalupe County, N. Mex .........................................Garvin County, Okla ....................................................... . 18 Guadalupe County, N.Mex.......................................... . 23 White Pine, Mich ...................................... | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | small dense, white masses in a Tertiary volcanic tuff, here named the Currant tufi, in White Pine and Nye...importance. The Currant Creek district is in White Pine and Nye counties, about 29 miles southwest of...volcanic rocks paralleling the northwest-trending White Pine Range on its eastern side. The layers of volcanic...eastward away from the Paleozoic rocks of the White Pine Range but are broken by many faults. Some of...fossiliferous and reworked tuff near the Windous mine suggests that the greatest depth of the lake water | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA ABSTRACT ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...feature at those wavelengths. The presence of montmorillonite, kaolinite, or muscovite, among other minerals...ASTER bands 12 and 13, and between ASTER montmorillonite gypsum muscovite ASTER Band Centers: 10...0 Figure 3. Plot of laboratory spectra of montmorillonite, kaolinite, gypsum, and muscovite from Salisbury...Ridge and Bald Mountain gold districts in White Pine County (Nutt, 2000; Nutt and Hart, 2004). These districts | | | 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...this an annual event. NOTICES Married, Mary Lynn White, long-time Circulation Manager for the Mineralogical | | | Catalog/List | sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo £20 3. LEPIDOLITE, choice display...TIATANOHEMATITE mainly yellow lizardite with small white and grey areas of the others, A cut and polished...Franklinite, old time specimen 3x2x2 Franklin New Jersey USA £25 Actually quite attractive and with excellent...NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER...inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure metallic mass | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Drift in the 1800 level of the Chief Consolidated Mine. Eureka. Utah. It is possible that huntite has been...Currant Creek magnesite deposits are located in White Pine and Nye Counties, Nevada, about29 miles southwest...the area, in White Pine County, the Nevada Magnesite (sometimes referred to as the Rex-Pine Lode), Snowball...Snowball, and White Knolls deposits in the western part of the area, in White Pine County, and the AIa-Mar...AIa-Mar deposit in Nye County. Huntite has been found at the Ala-Mar, Nevada Magnesite, and Snowball deposits | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | emplacementof an earlyquartzmonzoniteporphyrypluton.In the mine areathisintrusionis cylindricaland plunges25ø westwith... an outer zone--the clay-calcite zonewith montmorillonite, kaolinite,andcalcite--havebeendistinguished...the Robinsonmining districtwestof Ely in White Pine County, Nevada, is one of a number of depositsthat...mined in the Ruth open-pitmine. SinceJune, 1980 the mine hasbeeninactive.The orebodyplungeswestand the d...miningdisgranodioriteporphyry. In the Ruth mine area the trict, White Pine County, Nevada. quartz monzonitemagmafollowedthe | | | Report (issue) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 1972; Cailteux, 1974; Fleischeret al., 1976), the White Pine deposit(Ensignet al., 1968; Brown, 1971), as...authigenicmineralassemblages, suchascarby Brown(1971), White (1971), Lur'ye and Gablina bonatesand sulfates,indicatesthat...2, 8; 1972, fig. 12). White McArthurbasin(Muir, 1979),partsof the Gunpowder Pine copper mineralizationis...southeastNew Mexico (Sarg, 1981). None of the White Pine mine area, southof the high, and in the aboveexamplesoverlie...adjacent to stratiformcopperore deposits. this feature(White andWright, 1966). The KupferThe hematite-bearin | | | Report (issue) | potassic (potassiumfeldspar+biotite), phyllic (white mica+pyrite), argillic (clay4white mica), advanced...Norte Cty, CA Santa Helena, Antioquia, Colombia Goto Mine, Luzan, P.I. References Wells, F. G. et al 1946...(chlorite)+ anhydrite grading outward to propylitic. Late white mica+clay alteration may form capping or outer zone...fluorite in granite porphyry. GENERAL REFERENCE White and others, 1981. GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT Rock Types...Examples Climax Colorado References 10 Rb White and others, 1981 2.4 DEPOSIT TYPE Molybdenum | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | igin becausedelicate organic skeletonsoccurred White Pine within individualgrainsandbecausemuchof the sulA...mostpublishedobservations on the White Pine dedeposit,Zaire posit(White andWright, 1966; Ensignet al.,...wassupportedby a detailedanalysisof the relations White andWright concludedthat coppermineraliza- 252...Bartholom• et al. (1972), Bartholom• (1974), Kamoto Mine Staff (pers. commun., 1976) cryptalgallaminated...impressions, and many other textures. White Pine, Michigan Laminated and thin- Calcite, chlorite | | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Ruth, near Ely in White Pine County; copper-molybdenum ores north of Tonopah in Nye County: and tungsten...flow north into the Snake River in Idaho,and the White and Virgin Rivers in southeastern Nevada, which...Nevada became a state Beryl Ruby Mountains, Elko County (in pegmatite) in 1864, during the Civil War (hence...and quartz Eldorado and Newberry Mountains. Clark County (in cavities in granite) the motto “Battle Born”)...Orthoclase feldspar Goodsprings district. Clark County (in syenite) mineral wealth. The 1859 discovery | | | Report (issue) | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph... Davis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References ...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | road cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or...Albite occurs as small, less than 2 mm, colorless to white, elongated prisms. These crystals, each a single...apophyllite is most often seen as colorless or white crystals implanted on chalced ony, quartz, or datolite...Fanwood. Calcite crystals (Figure 11), usually white or yellow, occur in a variety of habits and are | | | Report (issue) | 3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Scovil, Storm Sears, Jeffrey Weissman, and Sugar White copyright © 2004 unless o therwise noted Map of...te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph... Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG ...Hen1in1orphite Azurile Barite, N1eikJe Mine Barite, '\forthun1berland Mine Bante, Rosebud t1ine Barile v;ith | | | Report (volume) | of Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. History...History Quart.- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly. Los Angeles, Calif. Louisiana Water...Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maryland Geol. Survey County Geol. Map Geologic Map. Baltimore, Md. Maryland | | | Report (volume) | deposit____________________________________________ Rex and Pine Lode deposits___________________________________...deposit_________________________________________________ White Knolls deposit-. ______________________________________...magnesite deposits in Currant Creek district, White Pine and Nye Counties, Nev_-____---_____-_____-___-__-___-_____-..._____ In pocket 5. Geologic map and sections of Pine Lode and Rex claims, Currant Creek district.___...________________________ 15 6. Map of tunnel in Pine Lode magnesite deposit, Currant Creek district. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby |
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