 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | articles on the Michigan Copper Country by Tom Rosemeyer (including the one in this issue), datolite has been...the topic of this Connoisseur’s Choice feature. Datolite crystals occur in many colors that range from...green, and pink to white and colorless; nodular datolite is typically white or pastel shades of pink, yellow...fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic (2/m) crystals...of some datolite and is derived from the Greek word dateisthal meaning “to divide.” Datolite is a calcium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 08 January 2015 The Occurrence of Porcelaneous Datolite in MichiganÕs Lake Superior Copper District Figure...beautiful yellow datolite nodule, 0.9 x 1.1 inches, recovered from the Hancock mine dump by John Perona...of a Keweenaw copper mine to the icy depths of Lake Superior, serious datolite collectors have sought...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pewabic Copper-bearing Amygdaloidal Lode Houghton County, Michigan Lake Superior Native Copper District Sixteenth...ROSEMEYER 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net T he Lake Superior native...native copper district, also known as the Michigan Copper Country, is located on the sparsely populated, isolated...into Lake Superior near the western end of Upper Michigan. The Keweenaw winters can be long and cold with...feet (6,400 vertical feet), making it the deepest mine shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Tom Rosemeyer collection |  | | Catalog/List | | Iron Copper, Michigan Velvet Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona Rhodonite Zincite, Micaceous, Franklin, N. J. Quartz...Quartz, Blue Rhodonite Copper, Michigan Az.urite, Bisbee, Arizona Quartz Group. Hot Springs. Arkansas Hematite...Dundas, Tasmania Quartz Group, Hou1Zhton Co., Michigan Carnotite, Montrose Co., Colorado Quartz var....Mammoth, Arizona. Pyrargyrite, crystallized, Samson Mine, Harz, Germany Cuprite on Native Copper, very fine... Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Malachite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Native Silver |  | | Journal (issue) | | copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University Archives, Houghton) D e d ic ated...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 . |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Eye Candy Clockwise from top left: Silver, ZCA #3 mine, Balmat, NY; Fluor-dravite, road cut near Gouvemeur...Gouvemeur, NY; Quartz (Japan-Law twin), Ellenville Lead mine, Ellenville, NY; Quartz, Bower Powers farm, Pierrepont...John Jaszczak is a full professor of physics at Michigan Technological University and adjunct curator of...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins |  | | 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 Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil ....................... 243 by T. A. Rickard Allactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...................Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quality rivaling fine porcelain. This unique form of datolite hails from the legendary Lake Superior copper...Indeed, many datolite nodules sport flecks of native copper, and specimens exist of datolite intergrown...ahead of the story. Michigan’s Copper Country datolite has been collected, prized, fashioned, and proudly...Keweenaw Peninsula’s datolite by diving into this article on the occurrence of datolite and the never-before-published...never-before-published collecting history of major datolite localities and collecting personalities. Stanley |  | | 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 (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 (issue) | | MichiganTechnologicalUniversity 1400TownsendDrive Houghton,Michigan49931 Back in January 2018, it was brought...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...and mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective...photographer or open-air vacationer. Hundreds of mine dumps, miles of agate beaches, increasing numbers...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau at Marquette, Michigan, for scenic and historical attractions, we wasted...476 through New York State stopping at Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N. Y. for hematite, botrvoidal siderite |  | | Journal (issue) | | «•"'><•-' -^_ v Volume 25 Spring Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated...the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated Officers and Trustees The FRANKLIN - OGDENSBURG...Thomas '84 Committees Abandoned Hamburg Mine, at Franklin, looking south toward the Ding Dong and Trotter...has been positively identified from the Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. It was found as small yellow...mineral. The specimen is known to be from the Sterling Mine, but the exact location of its origin is not known |  | | 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) | | HUNDRED FOOT LEVEL, FRANKLIN MINE NO. 2 • AUTUMN 1984 • VOLUME 25 JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL... 4.0 International License. from the Editor FRANKLIN CELEBRATION AT HARVARD The Harvard Mineralogical...publication of The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey U.S.G.S. Professional...1985 at the University. Harvard University and Franklin have enjoyed an exceptional relationship for over...research during the highlyproductive years of the Franklin-Sterling mines, and through the efforts of Dr |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silver crystals, colorful porcelaneous nodules of datolite, and copper inclusions in calcite crystals come...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...shutdown of all Calumet & Hecla, Inc.* mines in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties by a labor strike that started |  | | Journal (issue) | | TH TABL ANNIVERSARY ISSUES JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. FALL 1989...International License. The PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated...dolomite, Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, New Jersey by Edward H. Wilk 09 Franklin Yesterdays Part 1. Early...organization in Franklin, N.J. by John L. Baum Part 2. The J.A. VanMater Report New habit for datolite by R....years in Franklin July 3rd marked the fiftieth anniversary of Jack Baum's arrival on the Franklin scene |  | | Report (issue) | | colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow...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 | | Ontonagan Indian My ‘Vv Lake Linden ee .-HOUGHTON Reservation ba 33 vo South Range. > eo ...Clarence J. Monette 942 Ninth Street Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945 All Rights Reserved ISBN: 0-942363-04-3...Printing & Graphic Services, Inc. of Calumet, Michigan _ ee AUTHOR'S As the title of this. NOTE...names and places in the four counties of Baraga, Houghton Keweenaw and Ontonagon are listed, as this is...Monette Abbaye -------------------7--7 Adams. Township .---~------7--------Agate Harbor ----------77 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Manhattan Island. 9—Willemltc (yellowish brown), Franklin, N. .T. BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL......................... 7 Pyrite in Limestone, Franklin, N. J...................................................................... . 19 Manganosite, Franklin, N. J....................................................................... 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y.............................................................................. 23 Spinel, Franklin, N. J........................................ |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 11 Porcelaneous Datolite of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan ..............................I can remember, my family has always had a gold mine claim. But during the Second World War, all gold...years of age and taking a photography class at Franklin High School in 1948. A boy named Burton Barfell...daytime and lapidary classes five days a week at Franklin High School. Mr. Nelson was a Renaissance man...Dakota, we noticed a sign saying, “Join us at our County Fair.” We thought it would be a good way to walk |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | February 2015 Figure 2. A generalized map of the Michigan copper district showing the location of new finds...arborescent copper crystal groups cached at the Central mine town site, (2) copper crystals recovered from Lake...fissure vein, (3) hundreds of copper from the Indiana mine, and (4) more than two hundredV aecilS mens of ...analcime/calcitecrystal groups from the Rhode Island mine. This article describes these and other finds made...the White Pine mine at the southern end of the district. Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw County The waters off |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | One was found in prehnite. BORNITE: Two grams in datolite. Conchoidal fracture, pinkish brown color on fracture...color, tests for copper and iron. BUCKWHEAT DUMP, FRANKLIN, N . J. ILMENITE: Steve Kiss, and later we, found...anything unusual. The ilmenite and brookite from Franklin are rare for the region. The late Sam Gordon described...dissimilar. The Buckwheat pit, an early working at Franklin, was traversed by a dark igneous intrusive, called...is from the contact of this material with the Franklin limestone that the ilmenites come. They are imbedded |
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