| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Copper |
| Formula: | Cu |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Quartz | 2 photos of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Calcite | 1 photo of Copper associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | 1 photo of Copper associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Silver | 1 photo of Copper associated with Silver at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Copper data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 418180 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:418180:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 59399e73-abc9-4969-9565-c51abfe3575b |
| Localities for Copper in this Region |
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| Gribble vein, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Thomas Shaft, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘChilds Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘGribble vein, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘCopper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘOld Copper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘThomas Shaft, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘCopper Falls Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘPetherick Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHill Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘGreat Sand Bay, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.5km (1.5 miles) | ⓘNorthwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | collectors. (Continues on page 4) 2 Fluorescent Michigan Sodalite (Continued from page 1) "I have a little...Oldsphotograph.Althoughthe fluorescentintensityof this Michigan sodalite is best describedas moderatewhen illuminated...reported from Michigan before; no mention of it is made in The Mineralogy of Michigan (Heinrich, I 976)...Mineralogy of Michigan by E. Wm. Heinrich (Robinson, 2004), or in Mineralogy of Michigan Update (Robinson...primary Preliminary SEMJEDS analyses conducted at Michigan Technological University showed only Na, Al, Si |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite that is attributed to the Owl Creek fissure of the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal...crystal is perched on a matrix of crystallized copper. The specimen was originally part of the Clarence S. Bement...Figure 49. Perhaps the finest cubic copper crystal recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. The 1...in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the clay zone on the fissure vein...finest calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp, limpid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | News from the Keweenaw Downloaded by [Florida State University] at 18:43 12 November 2014 Part 3—Recent...Michigan’s Copper Country Eleventh in a series of articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country...storms, exposing calcite/quartz veins in the Copper Harbor Conglomerate. Author’s photo. TOM ROSEMEYER...minor and major, continue to be made in Michigan’s Copper Country. The May/June 1998 and the November/December...years have passed since the last “News from the Keweenaw”; this article updates new finds to the spring |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exceptional group of copper crystals recovered from a large vug in the fissure vein of the Cliff mine; the largest...Probably the best arborescent silver from the Cliff mine, this specimen is 9.5 × 10.5 cm and was originally...calcite from the Cliff mine is 3.6 cm long and perched on a matrix of spongy copper. It was originally in...on earth (Bornhorst and Rose 1994). At the Cliff mine it thickens to more than 1,300 feet and remains...in the formation of tabular deposits of fissure vein copper in the thin underlying lava flows. Mineralization |  | | 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. |  | | Report (issue) | | filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Sibyl and Bill Severance, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spring 1953, well before he started collecting...The Kegel azurite, 15.2 cm, 6th level east, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pictured in Gem & Mineral Treasures...Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan; Ross Lillie of North Star...specimens, 98 of which were from the Tsumeb mine and 81 from Michigan, many of these with interesting histories...Kegel was the mine director at Tsumeb and the general manager of the company that owned the mine from 1922 |  | 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) | | maps of recently active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J....bodies ................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; ..... 16 Structure, 17 17 18 Distribution of copper > Kearsarge lode, 19 19 Stratigraphy, .. 19...Kearsarge lode copper,.*»...................... 33 The Houghton conglomerate... . ' ' Distribution of copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*... |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | concentration of metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...machinery to suit all of your requirements. Gt. 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Gribble vein, Owl Creek Fissure Mine, Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA