 | | 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 |  | 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) | | active copper nines, -..- roughton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan H. R. Cornwall, J. J. Runner, A. A.................. 10 Central Exploration fissure mine, 12 Introduction................ + (- ; Stratigraphy...... 33 The Houghton conglomerate *>re body, Allouez No* 3* shaft.* *«* -.» » .*-* *» » * » » * Introduction...copper*«...._................,.. 26 ->- Quincy mine ,..........*.......*................... Introduction............^.................... 32 Isle Royale mine ................................... 3U ; *" 30 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | DEPOSITS: PUMPELLYITE, A NEW MINBRALI SERICITE: SAPONITE Ctrenrns Per,,lcnn ar.lu HnrBw E. Vass,q,n,Haraard...geological study of the native copper depositsof the Keweenaw Peninsula carried on from 1920 to 1924by the Calumet...The sample was an amygdaloid from the Isle Royale Mine (241 E 2057) containing amygdulesof pumpelIyite...from the Kearsarge Lode in the Calumet and Hecla Mine from the crosscutfrom the Red Jacket Shaft on the...Kearsargeamygdaloid, specimensbeing at hand from the Ahmeek, Centennial, Calumet and Hecla, and La Salle Mines |  | | Report (issue) | | Na)0:3(Mg; Fe 2+ )3(Si; Al)4 O10(OH)2 ² 4H2 O Saponite ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1...O10 (OH)2 ² 0:98H2 O: (2) Ballarat, California, USA; by XRF, Na by AA, H2 O by TGA; corresponds to (Ca...Africa. In the USA, in the Kearsarge and Ahmeek mines, Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton Co., Michigan; between...Ballarat, Inyo Co., California; in the Toughnut mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona. From Thunder Bay... Mineral., 43, 641{648. (4) Post, J.L. (1984) Saponite from Ballarat, California. Clays and Clay Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and are analogous to the magnesian clay mineral, saponite. The study presents Seven new chemical analyses...other members of the montmorillonite-nontronite-saponite group, and the ionic substitutions within the...groupl indicated that a true zinc clay analogous to saponite, the magnesian member of the group, was to be...Sauconite A zinc-bearing clay from the Uberroth Mine, Saucon Valley, near Friedensville, Pennsylvania...the montmorillonite group, which is analogous to saponite. Samplesof both the Aachen material (moresnetite) |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Country Ellis W. Courter Contribution to Michigan Geology 92 01 Table of Contents Preface ............................................... 2 The Keweenaw Peninsula ......................................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...Nonetheless, he was very well known by hobbyists in Michigan and surrounding areas. The National Rockhound |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1444-1460 AMYGDULE MINERAL ZONING IN SERIES, MICHIGAN RICHARD E. STOIBER THE PORTAGE LAKE LAVA...Keweenawanrockswere extrudedand tilted. In the part of the Keweenaw Peninsula in which mineral zones have been delineated...Iroquois amygdaloid from the 18th level of the Iroauois mine, 130 feet north of the shaft; I-2 is Iroquois amygdaloid...amygdaloid from the 19th level of the Iroquois mine, 635 feet north of the shaft [2-36 is Kearsarge amygdaloid...amygdaloid from the 36th level of the Ahmeek mine, 85 feet north of the No. 2 shaft; 2-24 is Keamarge |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | .......................... Beidellite........ Saponite........................................ Hectorite...Samples from soils and chromium-bearing samples... Saponite-hectorite series .......................... Samples...group—Continued. Derivation of formulas—Continued. Saponite-hectorite series...................... Suggested...................... Analyses of hectorite and saponite.................................................3s Hectorite [Mg2.67Li.33] Si4 0 10 [OH] 2 Saponite Saponite (aluminian) Oio[OHj 2 INTRODUCTION This |  | | 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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sepiolite which has the formula 2MgO. 3SiO2.4H2A. Saponite appears from r-ray patterns to be isomorphous...difiraction patterns of saponite have been obtained from material from the Kearsarge and Ahmeek mines (Palache...and from saponite from Montreal, describedby Graham (1913). The interplanar spacingsfor saponite, nontronite... JOURNAL MINEKALOGICAL 541 SOCIETY OF AMERICA and saponite are shown in Figure5. Care has been taken to reproduce...W w M Nfeasurements in the Montmorillonite Saponite Hector Clay Nontronite Group.* Montmorilionite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Continued on page B Fig. 1 Strunzite, Palermo No. 2 Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, photo by Art Smith... It proved t. all parlles involved, USFS, King County police, WSMC, an probably the other claimants,...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...IL) had some unusual sand concretions from Green County, WI. These were from a small find recently made...inches across. The light green color is caused by saponite. This area has also produced small limonite pseudomorphs |  | | Report (issue) | | Feldspar Group ALGODONITE Cu3 As Loe.: Ref.: Ahmeek Mine, Michigan, U . S . A. A.S . T.M., No. 2 - 1266. ALLACTITE...(1) Pieds des Monts, Quebec, Canada. (2) Amherst County, Virginia, U.S. A. Ref.: Kauffman, A.J. Jr., and...) 3 . 18HzO Loe.: Ref.: Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gabinet, M.P.: Min. Sbornik...Glaucophane; Uto, Sweden. Hexagonite; St. Lawrence County, New York, U.S.A. Hornblende; Bilin, Bohemia. Kaersutite;... Greenland . Mountain Cork; Buckingham, Ottawa County, Quebec. Nephrite; New Zealand. Richte rite; Lang |  | | Book | | History of Lake Superior mining The Keweenaw copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle...developments 45 ., 45 Clinton iron ores of Dodge County, Wis 45 Paleozoic iron ores in western Wisconsin...geologic 70 knowledge 72 Bibliography 73 Michigan Northern Wisconsin Minnesota 77 Ontario 81...Menominee 96 96 97 district Crystal Falls district Keweenaw Point Northern ^Wisconsin Central Wisconsin...99 Royal and Michipicoten Island Keweenaw Point and northern Michigan and Wisconsin Keweenawan mesas Huronian |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation, |  | | Report (volume) | | Chicago. _ . Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Sci. Ser., Paleontology-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly; Science...Boletin. Mexico, D. F~ Mich. Acad. Sci. Papers-Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Papers....Arbor, Mich. Mich. Univ. Mus. Paleontology Contr.-Michigan University Museum of Paleontology Contributions...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 982-D, p. iii...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, J efferson County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 320, 16 p. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA This paper is published as part of a special section...from QEMSCAN 1 (FEI QEMSCAN 1 Quanta 650F, Oregon, USA) data. The stratigraphic succession of the TV infill...by QEMSCAN 1 (FEI QEMSCAN1 Quanta 650F, Oregon, USA) was performed on the entire range of samples, while...software (property of Chevron2, San Ramon, California, USA) based on the formalism of Drits and Sakharov (1976)...San Francisco Press, San Francisco, California, USA. Praeg, D. (1996) Morphology, stratigraphy and genesis |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO |  | | Report (volume) | | described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B. |
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