 | | Report (issue) | | AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE IRON RIVER DISTRICT IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN By Harold L. James and Kenneth...cooperation of the Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Conservation WASHINGTON, D. C....AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE IRON RIVER DISTRICT. ffiON ·COUNTY, MICHIGAN By Harold L. James and Kenneth...• • • • • • Footwall strata..................... Iron-f'orma tion. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...w••••••• Section 24, T. 43 N., R. 35 w....... Spies mine area ( EisEt) •••••• ·• • • .Swt· sec. 24.. • • |  | | Report (issue) | | and Ore Deposits of the Iron River-Crystal Falls District, Iron County Michigan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...of the Michigan Department of Conservation PAPER 570 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Iron River-Crystal...River-Crystal Falls District, Iron County Michigan By H. L. JAMES, C. E. BUTTON, F. J. PETTIJOHN, and K. L...cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Conservation UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...formations. _______________________________ Baraga Group._____________________________ Hemlock Formation___________________ |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...COVER: Native copper crystal group, 13.6 cm, from an unknown mine in the Michigan Copper Country. Richard...wrote the classic work on the copper deposits of Michigan in 1929. Photo by Wendell E. Wilson. TENT . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MARCH 1951 IRON FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS IN THE IRON RIVER DISTRICT, MICHIGAN By HAROLD L. JAMES...JAMES ABSTRACT The iron formation of the Iron River district is part of a Precambrian sequence of strata...strata characterized by a high iron content and varied mineralogy. The iron formation, where unoxidized...20 per cent iron in the form of very finely disseminated pyrite. Graywacke overlies the iron formation...consists of clastic grains in a matrix of siderite or iron-rich chlorite. Above the graywacke is a magnetic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epidote ± chlorite ± K-feldspar ± hematite associated with hematite-bearing alteration zones. Dextral...Subprovince Hudson Bay 49˚N Superior Craton Canada USA 500 km Hemlo Wawa Subprovince Renabie Wawa Gold...89 Ga) Archean - International Boundary - Gold Mine(s) (Current or Past Production) Fig. 1. Simplified...belt (Ayres, 1978; Studemeister, 1983; Heather and Buck, 1988). The greenstone belt is bounded to the east...DISTRICT - Au Occurrence Rennie Lake Stock Renabie Mine Area 2668?2 45 5,360,000 mN 50 Michipicoten |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wouldbe masses o{ chromitein peridotite, titani{erous iron ore in anorthosite, or contemporaneous deposits...contributionfrom a distant and later source;i.e., the sulfurand iron may be purely of syngenetic origin whereas the ...syngeneticto epigeneticdepositsis well illustratedby the Iron Springsiron depositsnear Cedar City, Utah, describedby...network of minor veins in the outer part of the Iron Springs intrusion dependsprimarily on relation of...of thesemetals. Recentoceanographic work in the Baltic Sea is germane. Manheim(29) studied the distribution |  | | 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; |  | 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.*.. f |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in exogenic oxide–hydroxide iron ores, sedimentary carbonate rocks and iron ores, and ferrosiliceous formations...crystalline massif), Kostomuksha, and Imandra iron ore provinces (Baltic shield) of the Late Archean and Early...the nature of ore material in Early Precambrian iron formations. Based on very limited evidence (three...quartzites, one analysis of supergene high grade iron ore, and mean of 35 analyses of highgrade ores...shown below) on the car bonate nature of iron in the iron formations of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Mineral Collection of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan JOHN M. ZAWISKIE Cranbrook Institute of Science...Science 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303 jzawiskie@cranbrook.edu C ranbrook Institute...miles northwest of downtown Detroit in southeast Michigan and attracts approximately 175,000 visitors per...Standish Backus family; all were members of the Michigan Mineral- ogical Society (MMS), which was established...23 cm, Keweenaw mining district, Houghton County, Michigan, Robert Heinsleigh photo. Figure 5. Rhodochrosite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Note on the beach sand from Baltic Sea By TOMASZ TURLEY Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 16:59...examination of a sample of the beach sand from the Baltic coast of the town of Gdynia, Poland. The sample...George DeVore of the University of Chicago, the Baltic Sea sand has been analyzed for the heavy minerals...plagioclase, orthoclase and the mica group; magnetite, hematite, ilmenite, limonite and pyrite are also...1957) there appear a number of articles concerning Baltic Sea sand. These papers deal with the sand's mineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMYGDULE MINERAL SERIES, RICHARD E. ZONING IN MICHIGAN STOIBER THE COPPER AND EDWARD PORTAGE DISTRICT...of the Michigan copper district ......................... Mineralogyof amygdaloidalrock on mine dumps...Portage Lake lava seriesof the KeweenawPeninsula,Michigan, three overlappingamygdulemineral zones--prehnite...was obtained extendsfrom Victoria,Ontonagon County,Michigan,northeast to the end of theKeweenaw Peninsula...x x x x x x • X x X .... •---o x x x iron .• x Mountaim X X X x x x x x x x x |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as the mine develops and—maybe—this is the one, only and last. Who knows? COLLECTING IN MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA...Chippewa Falls, Wise. After quite some research on Michigan minerals and collecting areas we felt ready to...started with the old mines at Norway and Vulcan, Michigan, near the Wisconsin border. We arrived at Norway...weather was nice and cool for climbing over the mine dumps. Most of the rock piles in this area are overgrown...of good pieces of hematite and a nice cluster of barite crystals were found. At Iron Mountain it is much |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tom Rosemeyer is a native of Upper Michigan and a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Houghton...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... resulting in the slow disappearance of smaller mine dumps. The end of copper mining in the Portage Lake...of the Copper Range Company’s Champion mine in Houghton County. Downloaded by [Florida State University] |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put...Keweenaw Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan" the late late This "Self-guided Michigan" is dedicated to the mapping |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MICROCLINE IN THE NATIVE COPPER DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN Ina KrorN, Stanf ord, U ni.oersity, C al'iJorni...intensive mining activity in the copper country of Michigan, and detailed study of the native copper deposits...650-654 (1900). 643 IRA KLEIN on which the Calumet Mine was sunk, pointing out its adularialike habit and...is aware of only two such localities outside of Michigan from which secondary feldspar is reported. A "pink...the workings of the Mass, the Adventure, and the Michigan mines. About 60 miles northeast, the Arcadian |  | | Journal (issue) | | winner, Marie Curie. Extracted from the Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi Dist., the Democratic Republic of the Congo...walk along the Tomorrow River Trail, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ANTOINETTE RAHN our staff EDITORIAL...If you are involved in a mineral club, has your group been meeting virtually? And if your club regularly...of a specimen of cronsteditite from the Salsigne Mine, LanguedocRoussillon, France, measures 3.5 cm. DIDIER...argentum-silver, plumbum-lead, mercury-hydargyrum, and ferrum-iron, are still with us. Yet, all of these elements were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field...Robert Markert at 107 West Ridge Street, Ishpeming, Michigan. Visits were made to see the collections of Charles |  | Lupulescu, Marian V., Bailey, David G., Hawkins, Michael, Carl, James D., Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R. (2014) The Benson Mines, St. Lawrence County, New York: History of the Discovery, Mining, and Mineralogy of the Deposit. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (2) 118-131 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.865431 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 16:34 01 January 2015 Benson Mines St. Lawrence County, New York B ENSON MINES is a Grenville-aged (about... gneiss-hosted iron deposit located in the Adirondack Mountains, St. Lawrence County, New York. It was... Figure 1 (far left). Large green fluorite crystal group, 21 cm across. Steven Chamberlain collection, SC14433;...Figure 2 (left). Golden-yellow fluorite crystal group, 3.5 cm across, with pyrite and goethite coating...jchiarenzelli@stlawu.edu Figure 3a (above). Map of Benson Iron Mines and vicinity. The Little River (lower center) |  | | Catalog/List | | 69 Selenite, Chihuahua, Mexico \Vood, Petrified Iron Pyrite; Leadville, Colorado Pyrite Amazonite, Florissant...Cuprite, Bisbee, Arizona Lodestone, Magnetic Iron Copper, Michigan Velvet Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona Rhodonite...Rhodonite Copper, Michigan Az.urite, Bisbee, Arizona Quartz Group. Hot Springs. Arkansas Hematite, var. Kidney...Arizona Crocoite, Dundas, Tasmania Quartz Group, Hou1Zhton Co., Michigan Carnotite, Montrose Co., Colorado Quartz...Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Afghan elbaites available. But I already had bought mine, and to up-grade it at the prices offered now seemed...replacing mineral. The abundance of iron, oxygen, and water makes hematite and goethite/limonite substitution...Formula Galena ĺ Anglesite Pyrite ĺ Hematite Marcasite ĺ Hematite Pyrite ĺ Goethite/Limonite PbS ĺ PbSO4... SrSO4 ĺ SrCO3 Halite ĺ Thendrite Siderite ĺ Hematite Siderite ĺ Goethite/Limonite CaSO4x2H2O ĺ CaCO3...Smithsonite Tetrahedrite ĺ Bournonite Magnetite ĺ Hematite Pyrrhotite ĺ Marcasite Formula CaSO4x2H2O ĺ SrSO4 |
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