| Locality type: | Pocket |
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| Species: | Copper |
| Formula: | Cu |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Copper associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Malachite | ⓘ1 photo of Copper associated with Malachite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Copper data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Laker pocket, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 566279 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:566279:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | fbe4b518-4257-4131-8bdc-50cdb76a77f3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Copper |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘLaker pocket II, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘGull Rock (Grand Marais), Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘNative Copper Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.9km (3.1 miles) | ⓘDelaware Mine (Delaware Conglomerate Mine), Delaware, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 4.9km (3.1 miles) | ⓘAgate Harbor Mine, Agate Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘDelaware Fissure Mine, Delaware, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | ⓘEagle Harbor Mines, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘConnecticut Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘAmygdaloid Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘDrexel Mine, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystallized copper was made in shallow water on the bottom of Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County...County, Michigan. The near-shore find, now called the Laker Pocket, was located in a fissure vein cutting...of the contents of the pocket netted more than three hundred groups of copper crystals ranging in size...9,000–15,000 feet, and form the “spine” of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Interbedded with the basalt flows are...At the base of this sequence is the fluvial Copper Harbor Conglomerate that ranges from 200 to 7,000 feet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Copper Falls mine, this complex 3.2-cm crystal is perched on a matrix of crystallized copper. The...Figure 49. Perhaps the finest cubic copper crystal recovered in the Copper Country in recent times. The 1...level of the Gribble vein in the Copper Falls mine. Of all the copper specimens recovered from the clay...the finest calcite crystals recovered from the Copper Falls mine in the early days of mining. The sharp...striking contrast with the rugged surface of the copper matrix. The specimen was part of the L. L. Hubbard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COPPER-BEARING FISSURE VEINS Keweenaw County, Michigan Downloaded by [University of Delaware] at 05:05...05:05 09 June 2012 Lake Superior Native Copper District Fifteenth in a series of articles on the mines...Michigan’s Copper Country 298 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Considered by some to be the finest copper specimen...specimen in the world, this 6 × 8-cm crystallized copper specimen came from the Central mine and was in the...and the piece is now on display in the special Copper Country collection case; Jeff Scovil photo. Downloaded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate group of copper crystals...minerals of Michigan’s Copper Country Figure 2. Generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the...Michigan’s Copper Country T he Michigan Copper Country, also known as the Lake Superior native copper district...scenic Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts out into Lake Superior at the western end of Upper Michigan. The...The now-dormant copper mining industry, which flourished from 1844 through 1976, produced 10,525,922,136 |  | | Journal (issue) | | MICHIGAN COPPER! The Mineralogical Record JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 ? VOLUME 54 ? NUMBER 1 ? $40 ... KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023 Articles Copper Country II Introduction..............................................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines.................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................... |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45 C o l l e c t i n g copper crystals...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...assemblage from the Allah Cooper/Valcooper mine, Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l...e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B |  | | Journal (issue) | | com) 13100 Spring St. Baldwin Park, California, USA 91706 Some personal observations, ruminations, reflections...1960s, in a single Quonset hut building at the Pima County Fairgrounds south of the city. The show has evolved...leadhillite from Missouri, crystallized coppers from Michigan. “Help yourself to the coppers, we have so many...specimens, micromounts, thumbnails, miniatures, copper minerals, fluorescent specimens? Do you choose...fortunate enough to actually break into a fabulous pocket of specimens and to collect the treasures within |
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Laker pocket, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA