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Jasper from
Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Unincorporated Community
Classification
Species:'Jasper' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jasper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Harbor, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:417178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:417178:2
GUID (UUID V4):ff37e557-5c05-4454-9c12-dbf49bb5739f
Nearest other occurrences of Jasper
10.1km (6.3 miles) Medora Mine, Mandan, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
41.4km (25.8 miles) Seven Mile Point, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
51.3km (31.9 miles) Tamarack Waterworks Beach, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
98.9km (61.4 miles) Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur as inclusions near the...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
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
Book
Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem Guides Book...which operate in many states are not as likely to grant permission to collect as the former locally owned... 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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
"KEWEENAWCOPPER COUNTRY By JOE ROTHSTEIN 255 West 84th Street, New York 24, N. Y. Keweenaw! in the...Bridge. In all the mitted. Inquiries to clubs in Michigan rugged beauty that makes up Michigan's were not...cipal of the high school in nearby Nethe native copper would be exposed. gaunee, to expect us on Monday...paradise and Copper Harbor at the very tip of even when they speak of the harshness Keweenaw where Brockway...mountains of northern "Where?", and she said, "Michigan," Pennsylvania, stopping off to see the deep and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa Government Information Office July 18, 1957 MICHIGAN VACATION - 1956 People, Places and Prospects Lawrence...Greenbrier St., Springfield, Mass. Anyone for copper? After a hundred years of mining activity and mineral...mineral collecting, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is still a profitable and beautiful objective for...delightful days and pleasant memories of Michigan's copper and iron country. Our twelve days on the Upper...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau at Marquette, Michigan, for scenic and historical attractions, we wasted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan It was at one of last winter's meetings of the Michigan Mineralogical Society...six-day invasion of Marquette, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The response almost bowled us over so...six days which we had scheduled for Ishpeming, Michigan. Bob Markert and his associates came through in...Upper Peninsula Development Bureau of Michigan, Marquette, Michigan, and were well supplied with information...arrangements with the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton, Michigan, for a joint field
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:  area barite...cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Places of Geological and Mineralogical Interest in Michigan LOWER PENINSULA ARTHUR Y. JOHNSTONE Cranbrook...of Science 500 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48013 The Upper Peninsula has pronounced geological...Paleozoic beds form the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin; from Marquette westward, the early Precambrian...late Precambrian, Keweenawan flood basalts, and copper mineralization extend along Mich­ igan's west border...beds, forming the northern rim of the Southern Michigan Basin, are evident as soon as you cross the 5-mile
Book
• s TH£ MICHI6AN COPPER COUNTRY SCALE IN MILES 0 s 20 10 ,,,.. BOOM COPPER "--'.',.,,~if,.~...provided livelihood for so many generations. l BOOM COPPER ..•.....•........................................interest in the lore of Michigan's Copper Country CALUMET, MICHIGAN • 1964 Copyright, 1943, by WILLIAM...written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Copper Country Edition • 1964 This edition was published...in the fabulous and historic region known as the Copper Country. First printing, July, 1964 Second printing
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...eye. Minerals of this sort, such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example...Tenacity is a quality closely allied chalcedony and jasper, because of their makeup, are tougher than their...but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that these materials...Obviously malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will "heft" heavy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Merit will be presented to the author(s) and a grant of $200 made to the magazine in honor of the author(s)...P A Z , 1605 Hillcrest, G r a n d H a v e n , Michigan 49417 Fine mineral specimens October 4, 5 October...O H Visit our store, the Keweenaw Agate Shop, in Copper Harbor, Michigan . . . especially during your...Baraga, Michigan. Specializing in Cave-in-Rock fluorite and associated minerals; Michigan copper and silver...minerals. L E S TOLONEN P.O. Box 581 • Baraga, Michigan 49908-0581 • (906) 353-7285 Volume 66, September/October
Report (volume)
:............................................. Michigan.................................................especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (volume)
in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book
\ i ,,> HISTORY AND REVIEW OF THE COPPER, IRON, SILVER, SLATE AND OTHER Material Interests...the copper region, very nearly complete history of the discovery and development of the copper interest...s very interesting paper on the "Ancient Copper Miners of Lake The geology of the Iron District;...derived from others that part of the book relating to copper, "be being, so far as he is concerned,...inti mate to the world the existence of native copper on the shores of Lake Superior. In the seventeenth
Journal (issue)
132 A MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE M ICH IGAN COPPER COUNTRY. By Kiril Spi roff . . . . . . . . . ....in the copper region of Keweenaw Peninsula, Mich., where is occurs in veins with native copper. Quite...often prehnite may inc!ude strings or grains of the copper and even silver. Prehnite also occurs in crystalline...MICHICAN COPPER COUNTRY By KIRIL SPIROFF Michigan College of Mining and Technology The Michigan Copper Country...only large deposit of native copper in the world ; the purity of the copper is such that it cannot be improved
Report (volume)
especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list...Mathews, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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...the Old Minnesota mine dumps. From here to Copper Harbor on the tip of the peninsula and the Adams Mine...and # 4 5 . Many good specimens of leaf and mass copper were found here the past year due to the turning...over of the piles. Also found here are quartz with copper inclusions. Some datolites of the white and pink
Book (edition)
Collector and the Tourist includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS •... 13 14 15 16 19 RAPID CITY AREA............. Jasper Conglomerate ... Golden Barite .................. 47 MICHIGAN ............. 63 WESTERN IOWA ............................ -47 THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...ISLE ROYALE....................... .66 LOWER MICHIGAN .......... Crystals and Specimens Fossils.......things to hunt for. Take Kona dolomite, Mary Ellen jasper, pyritized snails, or blue chalcedony. Why weren’t
Report (volume)
23 PL. 1 P R S OUTLINE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF KEWEENAW P 0 IN T Compiled from various sources. Traverse...BETWEEN THE EASTERN .SANDSTONE AND THE KEWEENAW SERIES ON KEWEENAW POINT, LAKE SUPERIOR BY R. D. IRVING...face page. PLATE I. Outline\ geological map of Keweenaw Point. Scale, 6 miles to the 3 inch e II. Map...Map of north shore of Bête Grise Bay, Keweenaw Point. Scale, 1 mile 11 to the inch.e III. Junction of Eastern...Sandstone and Keweenawan melaphyr, Bête 13 Grise Bay, Keweenaw Point. From a photograph. ..... .........e IV
Journal (issue)
3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. MICHIGAN'S COPPER COUNTRY. MONEY STONE IN PENNSYLVANIA. 15. Nuevo...15 miles south of Riverside City, in Riverside County. H alfway between Riverside and Nuevo is the famed...·--~ - Whole No. 150 ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN 'S COPPER COUNTRY Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior Region ... By J. E. ANDRESS Coming up on U . S. 41 or Michigan 26, one enters the peninsula at H oughton, crossing...beaches, to Copper H arbor. U . S. 41 bisects the peninsula from Hancock to Copper Harbor, 45 miles. This
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orientite" calcium manganese (III) silicates from upper Michigan PAUL B. MOORE, JUN ITO, 1 AND IAN M. STEELE Department...University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 6o637, USA SYNOPSIS SUMMARY. MacFallite, Ca2(Mna+,A1)3(OH)3[SiO4]...and lenses in Keweenaw basalt near Manganese Lake, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is rich...g i n a l Hewett and S h ~ n o n FROM UPPE~ MICHIGAN (1921). These deposits f o o t d e e p t r...e r o f d e p o s i t i o n was: fer~uginous jasper {"b,yale")-- gl auconite (7) - -psi lOmelane
Book
Lake Superior mining The Keweenaw copper district of Michigan 33 35 35 Copper mining on Isle Eoyal and...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
Journal (issue)
..........663 MINERAL COLLECTING IN N ORlHERN MICHIGAN. By 1171n. E. L110 111a •.....•.••.......•..•••.....••.•••••••.•••..•...••.•.•...•..•664 LIBERTI COPPER MINE, MARYLAND. By Vernon / . ~filler ...........THE (llJ..4ltltY San Diego County-A Great GemBearing Area San Diego County, California, was at one time... Jefferson, and the northern portions of Grays Harbor and Mason counties. The mountainous portion is...is reddish argillite or limestone and sometimes jasper, or manganocalcite. Some pieces contain a yellow
 
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