 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | istory and Mineralogy of the Indiana Mine Ontonagon County, Michigan Ninth in a series of articles on the...No. 2 (Indiana Copper Company) mine dump in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The individual crystals, which...State Highways 26 and 38 (Lake Mine Junction) in northern Ontonagon County. The property consists of 1,280...R. 37 W., Greenland Township. The 2-square-mile property is owned by the state of Michigan and is traversed...Mineralization Volcanic rocks that crop out in the mine area are part of the Portage Lake Volcanics (PLV) |  | | 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 (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) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior...of mines in the district, especially the Quincy mine. Crystals ranged in size from micro to large-cabinet...1997). The common gangue minerals include quartz, epidote, calcite, chlorite, prehnite, pumpellyite, and...in the tenth grade. I have collected most of the mine dumps during the past sixty years and have found...was in the Adventure Tom Rosemeyer, a native of Upper Michigan, is a graduate of Michigan Technological |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................... 12 The Legend of the Ontonagon Copper Boulder .............................................................. 80 West of the Ontonagon.................................................geology and history of the copper deposits of Michigan. Every effort has been made to present accurate...necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey |  | | 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) | | Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...Houghton and Keweenaw counties, Michigan. Every summer in the Copper Country, mine dumps from a bygone era of...copper mining are being crushed and hauled off the mine sites. The crushed rock is mainly used for road...and recover copper that mistakenly ended up in the mine dumps. The lucky person may also find silver in...locality. Collected at the Tamarack Jr. No. 1 mine, Houghton County, by Tom Rosemeyer, 11 August 2012. John |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | Historic State Park 13700 13.25 Lane Garden, Michigan 49835 Tel: (906) 644-2603 Keweenaw Peninsula Jill...Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton...Rocks National Lakeshore P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 49862 Tel: (906) 387-2607 / Email: David_Kronk@nps...Mountains Wilderness State Park 412 S. Boundary Road, Ontonagon, MI 49953 Tel: (906) 885-5206 / Email: spraguer@michigan...Mining Engineering and Sciences (adjunct) Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 Tel: (906) 227-1176 |  | | 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...Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia, Michigan, I10 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lode Houghton County, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter...of the dense basalt matrix at the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump. These small and inexpensive detectors have...agate itself. Collected by Ray Just, C & H No. 21 mine, 10 July 2011. uring the past sixty years (1952–2012)...various mine dumps along the Kearsarge copper-bearing amygdaloidal lode in Houghton County, Michigan. These...excavating the agatebearing zone of the Wolverine No. 2 mine dump during the annual Copper Country Mineral Retreat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOM ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net All mineral photography...History and Mineralogy of the St. Louis Mine Houghton County, Michigan Twentieth in a series of articles...at the St. Louis mine, located about 1.3 miles east of the village of Laurium, Michigan. This little-known...of species, including quartz, pumpellyite-(Mg), epidote, calcite, hematite, prehnite, laumontite, and copper...microcrystals in amygdules contained in a lava flow top. The mine has also yielded uniquely banded agates that occur |  | | 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...amounts "in all the mines from Keweenaw Point to Ontonagon" in association with analcite, as the "last formed...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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401 ... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...NEWS, P 0. Box 1154, Coeur d' Alene , Idaho 83814 USA. Information in this newsletter may not be reproduced |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Michigan Technological...started with the closure of the Champion mine in Houghton County by the Copper Range Company in September...reserves (Fields 1997).This was the last native copper mine in operation by the Copper Range Company and was...came with the closing of the White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, in September 1995. New, stringent environmental...meet emission standards led to its demise. The Michigan Copper Country contains the largest-known native |  | | 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] |  | | Book | | 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2)...(8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History...81-160 161-240 241-320 321--400 [ 1-104 GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 •MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street Magdalena...5.5 × 10.0 cm, attributed to the South Kearsarge mine. Author’s specimen, Terry Huizing photo. 276 ROCKS...the secondmost-productive lode discovered in the Michigan copper district. In the heyday of mining it became...minerals including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and quartz. The...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because |  | | 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...this type of lode start- ed in 1856 at the Quincy mine. Later came the conglomeratehosted deposits, in...this type of lode is credited to the Calumet No. 1 mine on the Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate lode, which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tom Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1...of copper crystals collected at the Ojibway No. 1 mine in summer 2009 by Steve Whelan. The specimen is...Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of the new...Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior...into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The now-dormant copper mining industry, which |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cerussite from Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine (Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA). Ex coll. Rock Currier. Part of...Treasures Exhibition at the TGMS Show 2008. Kelly Mine Smithsonite A Lesson Learned Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...a lasting impression on me occurred in the Kelly Mine in New Mexico in the late SO's. Socorro, New Mexico...ofsmithsonitc that was labeled as coming from the Kelly Mine, about 26 miles west of Socorro in the Magdalena...locate its source in the Kelly Mine. As it turned out, the Kelly Mine was well known to the students |  | | Book | | Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...our knowledge and enjoyment of this great owners, mine and quarry operators and science by collecting.... and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding diamonds in the kimberlites of upper Michigan, and vast...shoreline on both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Michigan is the state with the most shoreline on these...fresh water seas, with waters of Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by Jeff Scovil THE COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical...Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement... Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall...Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; Ken Donn photo. Chalcedony on chrysocolla |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sonora, Mexico By Bob Jones 51 LOOKING BACK 20 EPIDOTE A Beautiful Product of Metamorphism Reader Recollection...quartz matrix, West Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage...courtesy of Jim Brace-Thompson; thunderegg from Oregon mine, courtesy Lori Coleman, owner of Spanish Stirrup...Rhodochrosite with Quartz & Sphalerite Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine Sweet Home lode and Pulaski lode [Patents...Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50 x 9.48 x 7.52 cm) |
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