 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Iuyw I , < h,,,rl,rp,, ,,I I r,,,,l>,l\ T HE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT stretches in a southwest-northeast...from the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County to Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County. Copper mineralization...stratiform sulfide (chalcocite) deposit at the White Pine mine and (2) the world-class native copper deposits that...were recovered from such mines as the Cliff and Minesota (the second "n" in Minnesota was left out because...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in |  | | 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) | | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary Copper...ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting community...be observed in the minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from...Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located in 1907... Prospects for production were mediocre and the mine remained relatively idle until 1942 when E.J. Myler |  | | 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 (issue) | | A New Occurrence of Allophane From the Laochang Mine, Gejiu City, Yunnan, China Tony Nikischer Excalibur...exceptional allophane specimens from the Laochang Mine (see figure I) came as a complete surprise. Our...neither species had previously been reported from this mine, best known for its pale blue hemimorphite. Figure...colorful specimenof allophane from the laochang Mine, near Gejiu City in YunnanProvince.This sample providedthe...Discovery of Gem-Grade Chrysocolla From Ontonagon County, Michigan Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter.net This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Study Solving the Misidentification of CM21474: Michigan vs. Namibia MARC WILSON DEBRA L. WILSON Section...Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house in... milky quartz crystals to 5.3 cm in length. Originally labeled as “Houghton County, Michigan,” it is...specimen of native copper crystals with associated quartz, CM21474 (fig. 2), serves as a successful example...specimen of native copper crystals with associated quartz crystals that was formerly exhibited in the Masterpiece |  | | Catalog/List | | Some of his favorite memories are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite... Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult...is a good that met every sized one plate of quartz of those qualities Cry stals w th large This...definately do not detract those and of speak to points quartz incomplete of scattering a is in excellent condition...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona in 1972. John Perona specimen...Jaszczak photo. rom the bowels of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite...combination. Imagine descending a steep 2,000-foot-deep mine shaft in the dead of a Keweenaw winter with only...over heels into the black depths of an abandoned mine. All of this effort was expended on clandestine...and Sciences Michigan Technological University Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère...Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. March/April: Quartz, variety amethyst, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico...May/June: Quartz (Herkimer “diamond”), Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York...cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen...photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | regular than) their true symmetry. Pseudocubic quartz is often mentioned (e.g., Frondel 1962); one well-known...(1898) describes pseudocubic calcite from the Ridge mine and other copper mines in the Keweenaw Peninsula...PETER RODEWALD These calcites, however, N. 7604 County Road Qq do an excellent job of River Falls, Wisconsin...one of us (Pete Rodewald) at the Minesota mine near Rockland, Michigan (see Wilson and Dyl 1992, 30–33)...well-known Red Metal Retreat (now known as the Copper County Mineral Retreat). The crystals were found free |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral Club, and more are planned. Collecting...Knowlton, Champion No. 4, Baltic, Quincy No. 6, Minesota, National, Cliff, Phoenix, Central, Copper Falls...at the Mesnard mine, another on barite crystals with phantoms found in Ontonagon County, and a third on...on pseudo-octahedral calcite found at the Minesota mine. If you are headed East, not North, this summer... 2.8 cm, Badakshan, Afghanistan. Brookite and quartz, 2.6 cm, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Gilt Herrengrund |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 I first went to the mine in the spring of...epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought by Richard Whiteman, president of Red...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the re covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an abundance...venture, Michigan, Hilton, Minesota, and other mines. Microminerals of the CALEDONIA MINE Ontonagon County |  | | 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) | | 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...shipping. Figure 5: Native copper crystals from Michigan, size 7 cm. In the late 1800’s, two prominent...exceptional Kongsberg silver and Langban native lead, Michigan native copper, Freiberg argentopyrite, Leadhills...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shift with Lake Superior storms, exposing calcite/quartz veins in the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. Author’s...Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...crystallized quartz. The longest calcite crystal is 7.9 cm and was collected from the calcite/quartz vein by...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 |  | | Book | | Title page frontispiece: The Copper Rock on the Ontonagon River, as drawn by David B. Douglass, a member...1992 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48202 . All rights are reserved. No part of this...Mining districts-Michigan-Keweenaw Peninsula- History. 3. Copper mines and mining- Michigan-Keweenaw Peninsula-...Department of Geological Sciences The University of Michigan CONTENTS 10 11 14 ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE INTRODUCTION...Efforts Begin The Cliff Strikes It Rich The Mighty Minesota The Foster and Whitney Report 77 90 97 97 103 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | rest of his life, attending schools in Mineral County and later in Reno at the University of Nevada where...epidotes from the Lola claim and the topaz, smoky quartz, and amazonite from the Zapot claim near Hawthorne...Wolverine mine. Pete was a frequent visitor to the copper mines in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan (Copper...representative suite of materials from the Flambeau Copper mine in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, in the 1990s, Pete was...“Pseudo-Octahedral Calcite from the Minesota Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan” (Rocks & Minerals, July/August |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...Superior native copper district, also known as the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated...into Lake Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection |  | | Book | | industry and trade—Michigan—Keweenaw Peninsula—History. 2. Copper miners—Michigan—Keweenaw Peninsula—History...Perhaps the reason for its lack of fame outside Michigan itself is that its annals, like those of happy...to the Lake Superior copper district of Upper Michigan. The reasons for its “lack of fame” might be several...metal, nor is it the dearest one. In the case of Michigan copper in particular, another factor might help...day-to-day life in other mining regions. In short, the Michigan miners were dull in comparison with the fractious |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite...barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized by nickel The search for silver and gold during the latter...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 (volume) | | Mining Company .Gold on Operati Active inar, Mill Quartz Model nia Califor of View Interio 11 THE AMERICAN...COPPER REGION OF MICHIGAN .... EDITOR'S MISCELLANEOUS PIGEON - HOLE . Flint Steel River Mine - Silver in Michigan...Michigan - Cotton in France - Great Gun - Terrible Explosion in Quebec - The Riches of the Country. MINING...Places for the Transaction of Business Hampton Lead Mine . 134 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.... The Coal Trade - The...THE GOLD MINES OF NEVADA TERRITORY ....... 191 QUARTZ HILL - THE GRAND MINING CENTRE OF COLORADO . 193 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Keweenaw Week will be held 3-10 August in Houghton, Michigan, at the center of the state’s historic Lake Superior...the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum on the campus of Michigan Technological University. Other activities include...include twenty-six collecting trips to bulldozed mine sites, underground collecting tours, a sunset rock...Humboldt, Iroquois, Knowlton, LaSalle, Madison, Minesota, Ogima, Osceola, Saint Clair, Seneca, and Wolverine...GETAWAY The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and its Gem and Mineral Council are sponsoring |  | | Journal (issue) | | Porcelaneous Datolite of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan ........................... 12 Faceting Section...I can remember, my family has always had a gold mine claim. But during the Second World War, all gold...Dakota, we noticed a sign saying, “Join us at our County Fair.” We thought it would be a good way to walk...small affair that had the normal displays that all County Fairs have, but they had a few things that were...the district include volcanic breccia, rhyolite, quartz latite, trachyandesite, and rhyodacite overlying |
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Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA