| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan TOM ROSEMEYER PO Box 369, 506 Pine Street...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...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because...only massive concrete foundations mark the famous mine sites. Not all is lost, though. A trip to the A | | | 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...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) | 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...Republic. Here a new open pit mine is in operation. Although the mine was shut down due to vacations | | | Report (issue) | Algodonite Cu6 As c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...4.228 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mohawk mine, Michigan, USA. 1.989 (100), 2.11 (40), 2.25 (20), 1.299...100.00 (1) Rancagua, Chile. (2) Champion mine, Michigan, USA. (3) Cu6 As. Occurrence: arsenides. Uncommon...Distribution: In Chile, from the Algodones silver mine, near Coquimbo [TL], and the Cerro de las Seguas...the Kokito II mine, Neuquén Province, Argentina. In the USA, in Michigan, from Keweenaw Co., at the Mohawk | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MICROMOUNTING AT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA, MICHIGAN By PAUL B. MOORE and RICHARD M. 6EGER Depr. of Geolophysical...UNIVERSITY] at 03:21 25 August 2017 INTRODUCTION The Keweenaw Feninsula is well-known for its fine specimens...collectors with limited time, may we suggest the Hancock Mine (on Ingot St., Hancock). The dump looks terrible...chlorite minerals are the best found anywhere in the Keweenaw Peninsula. PUMPELLYITE (6Ca0.3Al 2 0 3 .7Si0 2...due to the parallel growth of xls. At the Hancock Mine, Hancock, it occurs upon xls of epidote and quartz | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | from the Kamioka Mine (Japan), is associated with copper arsenides in the Mohawk and Ahmeek copper mines...mines (Michigan, U.S.A.) and occurs as inclusions in magnetite in the Carajas deposit, Brazil. Microprobe...Microprobe analyses of kamiokite from the Mohawk Mine show an extensive substitutionof Mo a+ by V 4+, Ti, A1, Fe...is close to Fe2Mo3Os; however, as for the Mohawk Mine material, the presence of Fe 3+ is required to maintain...electroneutrality. Unit-cell parameters (Mohawk Mine) are: a = 5.791(5), c = 9.945(7) A; V= 288.8 A 3 | | | Report (issue) | 619(1) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA. 2.05 (100), 1.888 (70), 1.965 (50),...21 Total 100.06 99.61 100.00 (1) Mohawk mine, Michigan, USA. (2) Wasserfall, France; by electron microprobe...arsenian), silver, algodonite. Distribution: In Chile, from the Algodones silver mine, near Coquimbo [TL]...In the USA, from the Mohawk and Ahmeek mines, Keweenaw Co., and in the Sheldon-Columbia mine, Portage...Portage Lake, Houghton Co., Michigan; at the Cashin mine, Montrose Co., Colorado; from Franklin, Sussex Co | | | Report (issue) | = 10.060(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kamioka mine, Japan. 5.03 (100), 3.55 (90), 2.509 (75b), 2.430...0.45 2.48 Total 98.70 100.11 100.00 (1) Kamioka mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, average of three...01 Mn0.03 )Σ=2.04 Mo2.98 O8 . (2) Mohawk mine, Michigan, USA; by electron microprobe, average of seven...low-grade regional metamorphism of basalt (Michigan, USA). Association: Molybdenite, potassic feldspar...ilmenite, scheelite, quartz (Kamioka mine, Japan); domeykite, algodonite, nickeline, maucherite, koutekite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MICHIGAN COPPER COUNTRY Figure 1: Shaft house of the Ahmeek mine, Keweenaw County. 1962 photo by Terry...been and probably never will be anything like the Michigan Copper Country. For the mineral-minded, it is...native metal. For the collector, its scores of old mine dumps never cease to provide rewards of specimens;...Country lies 500 miles due north of Chicago in the Keweenaw Peninsula, which sticks like a thumb from Michigan's...made the first systematic explorations on which Michigan laid its claim to the region. Houghton lost his | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | A FEW NOTES ON COLLECTING IN UPPER MICHIGAN BY LYLE DeRUSHA RR 1 Chippewa Falls, Wise. In an area comprising...miles which lies in the central portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula are some three hundred abandoned mines...Minnesota mine dumps. From here to Copper Harbor on the tip of the peninsula and the Adams Mine dumps are...worthy of looking over. The Mass and the Adventure mine dumps will also be used for road fill. So these...will end as collecting spots. The Algomah, Lake, Michigan, Caledonia, St. Louis, So. Lake, Victoria, are | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | COPPER-NICKELARSENIDES OF THE MOHAWK NO. 2 MrNE, MOHAWK, KEWEENAW CO., MTCHTGAN Unioersity Peur, B. Moonn, The Departmentof...large fissure at the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mobawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan were investigated by powder diffractometry...identified include a-domeykite, B-domeykite, algodonite, arsenical copper, rammelsbergite, pararammelsbergite...e" and "mohawkite" of the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Nlichigan. Prior to the advent of...PAUL B. MOORE Talmessi mine, Anarak, Iran from which niccolite, algodonite, and a-domeykite were identified | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Stabfiftiesand Compositions of -Domeykite and Algodonite BRIAN J. SKINNERAND FREDERICK D. Luc•. Abstract.../•-domeykite,compositionCu•..7Asand algodonite,compositionCus.•.As. Algodonite has a compositionrange from CusAs...arsenides,whichcontainap- Superior copperdistrict of Michigan. During the searchfor suitablesamples,a number...well-substantiated lower arsenide mineral species;whitneyRe,algodonite,a-domeykite and/9-domeykite,in order of incr... 99.7 Cu20.6As algodonite Keatsage 101.4 Cu5.5As Cu3.0As Michigan algodonite 82.9 16.0 98.9 | | | 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 | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N | | | Journal (issue) | .. . . . . .. . ......... . .. . .. 144 ANCIENT MINE SAVED GREEK CIVI L I ZATION . ............... 147...mineral is also common in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with...specimens. When you bring home specimens collected at a mine, quarry, or other locality, WASH THEM in water with...COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country is of unique...Douglass Houghton, the first state geologist of Michigan, aroused interest in the economic possibilities | | | Catalog/List | on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate | | | Journal (issue) | ..........663 MINERAL COLLECTING IN N ORlHERN MICHIGAN. By 1171n. E. L110 111a •.....•.••.......•..•••...LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler .................... 665 THE ALICE ZINC MINE OF SOUTHERN...THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time...camp of Copper City, better known as the Tubal Cain Mine. This camp was built around 1918 and had about a...body of manganese ore but none was found and the mine was shut Buckhorn Pass, Washinlfon 6 50 ROCKS | | | 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; | | | Catalog/List | limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline | | | Book (volume) | 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert W. Kelley of the Department of Conservation;...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...operator of the Little Three Mine at Ramona, and Ralph R. Potter of the Himalaya Mine at Mesa Grande provided | | | Journal (issue) | for the mineral collector, prospector, and small mine operator. $4.50. HANDBOOK OP URANIUM MINERALS, by...THE NORTHWESTERN Mineral Club of Traverse City, Michigan, and the Madison Mineral and Gem Club of Madison...president. * GERALD EDDY, Michigan State Geol ogist, spoke on the "Michigan Copper and Iron Regions”...Regions”, at the April meeting of the Michigan Mineralogical Society. ☆ ORLIN J. BELL described "Jade and Polishing"...mica or feldspar mine. At that time I was operating mining properties in the Amelia County district of Virginia |
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Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA