 | | Journal (issue) | | iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...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) | | 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) | | Rosemeyer 57647 Caledonia Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 datolite@charter.net Keweenaw Figure 1. A delicate...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 (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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 1976 COVER Shown is a porcelanoid mass of flesh colored datolite, a borosilicate (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle...vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | (details on page 5) In this issue … Datolite nodule Quincy Mine, Michigan Source: Brandes (2019). Photo:...into a later newsletter. Mineral of the month: Datolite ................. p. 2 November program details...... p. 21 Mineral of the Month Datolite by Sue Marcus Datolite, our mineral this month, is not a...collectors like me, it is attainable! Etymology Datolite was named in 1806 by Jens Esmark, a DanishNorwegian...compounds. In addition to teasing out the chemistry of datolite, he discovered uranium, zirconium, and cerium |  | | 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...accessory minerals including analcime, calcite, datolite, epidote, microcline, natrolite, prehnite, and...miners until 1967 when all mining ceased. Many of the mine dumps have disappeared through the years because |  | | 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...................3 by W. E. Wilson The Keweenaw County Fissure Mines........................................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...................................... Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan................................... |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | 1632 Camp Bird Mine Road P.O. Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 I first went to the mine in the spring of...botryoidal nodules of pink to red porcelanous datolite along with na tive copper and, more rarely, native...epidote. In 1985 mineral rights for the Caledonia mine were bought by Richard Whiteman, president of Red...rehabilitated the No. 4 adit of the mine and are presently operating the mine for the re covery of mineral...collecting trips. Over the past five years the Caledonia mine has produced many fine hand specimens and an abundance |  | | 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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area |  | | 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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KING Ward's Natural Science Establishment 3000 E . Ridge Road, Box 1712 Rochester, New York 14603 AUSTRALIA...1958 I was taken into the upper levels of the South mine from the bot tom of the old open cut, and saw the...post-mine pro duct and, therefore, not eligible to be called a mineral, though some post-mine efflorescences...Montreal is reclaimed as a sanitary land fill by the city, but until that time, the Francon Company has...very interesting samples for study. 1. A 4 x 2 cm mass of dark green blades was not able to be sight identified |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2022 Summer Finds in the Michigan Copper Country Tom Rosemeyer datolite@charter.net tajmahal@gilanet...years ago. This is due to the yearly crushing of mine dumps for logging road construction, road repairs...industrial projects. Posting of privately owned mine sites also had increased due to liability concerns...trip is held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides for the...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums...Thomssen Mineral Exploration Consultants Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France...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 ...............Topaz-Mineral Exploration (1605 Hillcrest, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417) wishes to announce that he is now stocking |  | | Book | | ONTONAGAN. Indiana. Pine .Moss sRocklond. ONTONAGON Rousseau. .Chossell Jocobsville ~Donken Arnheim...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...four counties of Baraga, Houghton Keweenaw and Ontonagon are listed, as this is but a small book. fhe data...---------cr Assinins Astor Point -------------7-7-777 Mine Atlantic -------------7--- 17 in —To -— qe tint |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...Harriette Schoppee, 9 Greenbrier St., Springfield, Mass. Anyone for copper? After a hundred years of mining...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine—near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (notably Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus...Lee. The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists of several...railroad cuts and borings through a 19-kilometer-long ridge of diabase stretching from Bergen Point, New Jersey...transport manufactured goods to New York City markets via Jersey City. Goods destined for markets at that |  | | Report (issue) | | University University Michigan Townsend Drive Drive 1400Townsend 1400 Houghton, Houghton, Michigan Michigan49931-1...Peninsula, Michigan: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan: Institute...Lake Superior Superior Geology Peninsula, Michigan" Michigan" (Bornhorst (Bornhorst and others, 1983)... time, we considered that that "It is held at Michigan Technological presumptuous for for us us to put...Keweenaw Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan" the late late This "Self-guided Michigan" is dedicated to the mapping |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var. aquamarine), microcline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona." ARKANSAS — Another...greenishwhite mass of jadeite, not of gem quality but most interesting, was on display at the Canon City, Colo...nice light greenish (but stained brown) foliated mass of talc has been donated to R. & M. by Julian A...Denver, Colo., when he was interviewed at the Canon City, Colo., Convention, on Friday, June 27, 1952. Some...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell |
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Ridge Mine, Mass Consolidated Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA