Most remarkable about the copper deposits of the Michigan Upper Peninsula is that the copper occurred as the native metal; the greatest deposit of native copper in the world. As hot copper and silver-laden solutions percolated through volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and cooled, pure copper and silver were deposited in the voids.
This is a true historic tale of exploration, of hardship, of discovery, of gold and of shattered lost hopes in the Lake Superior region of Michigan. Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a treasure trove of wealth in minerals and gold was no exception. The true story of the lost Sauks Head Mines in Marquette County
Isle Royale National Park, part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is the least visited national park in the country due to its remote location.It has fewer visitors’ in an entire year than Yosemite has in a single day! 11. The U.P. Inspired a Novel “Anatomy of a Murder” was a famous book (and subsequently movie) written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker (under the pen name ...
15. Explore Native History The gateway to the Upper Peninsula dates back to 1671, and the history of Michigan's second formal settlement is brought to life at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture in Saint Ignace where a traditional longhouse shares the same waterfront park as the grave of explorer Father Jacques Marquette, and the Fort de Buade Museum ...
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan, the other being the Lower Peninsula.It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north, separated from the Canadian province of Ontario at the east end by the St. Marys River, and flanked by Lake ...
Dec 31, 2009 Is there a lost silver mine deep in the wilderness of Michigan's desolate Upper Peninsula? According to Richard Kellogg there is! He's been there and he left his mark hundreds of feet underground ...
This tribe ceded its claim to a portion of the upper peninsula of Michigan in 1836. Miami Indians. The Miami, or a portion of them, at one time occupied the valley of St. Joseph River and other parts of the southern Michigan border. (See Indiana.) Neutral Indians. Bands of the Neutral Nation extended, in the seventeenth century, into what is ...
Most remarkable about the copper deposits of the Michigan Upper Peninsula is that the copper occurred as the native metal; the greatest deposit of native copper in the world. As hot copper and silver-laden solutions percolated through volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and cooled, pure copper and silver was deposited in the voids.
Silver Copper Nugget (Half-Breed), Keweenaw Peninsula Copper Dist., Michigan, USA, small-cabinet, 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm, The term "half-breed" is reserved, generally, to admixed copper and half silver specimens, mostly from the upper peninsula of Michigan (I can't really think of another locality where this occurs)., For sale from The Arkenstone, iRocks. For more details on this piece ...
It is in the same family as Silver and Gold and is a malleable metal. It is beautiful natural or polished. Copper. $35.00: M257hb This is a stunning "Splash" Copper free-form made from native copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula in upper Michigan. It has a
homeland, look to the westernmost rooftop of the Upper Peninsula. Here, the Keweenaw Peninsula projects like a bent finger into the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior. Nearly a hundred miles long and some twenty miles wide, this rugged finger of rolling, rocky land takes in three Upper Michigan counties: Keweenaw, Houghton, and most of Ontonagon.
Copper-silver "halfbreeds" are a physical mixture of native silver and native copper. They form crys..... $50.00 Add to Cart. Add to Wish List. Add to Compare ... This is an old-time copper-silver specimen from the Upper Michigan peninsula, a combination that has..... $110.00 Add to Cart. Add to Wish List.
Upper Peninsula can be subdivided into two overlapping world-class copper mining districts. The Keweenaw Peninsula native copper district produced 11 billion lbs of copper and a lesser unknown but signifi cant quantity of silver. Native copper deposits in this district are stratiform and hosted by tops of rift-fi lling subaerial basaltic lava
NATIVE SILVER White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA This is a classic Michigan Native - Available at 2014 May 4 Nature Science...
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Native silver and copper crystals form a small mass. The locality for the piece is the Keweenaw County, Michigan. The overall dimensions are 2.3 cm wide by 3.8 cm tall by 1.4 cm front to back.
Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula boomed, and from 1845 until 1887 (when it was exceeded by Butte, Montana) the Michigan Copper Country was the nation's leading producer of copper. In most years from 1850 through 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the nation's copper, and in 1869 produced more than 95% of the country's copper.
534 results for native copper michigan. Save this search. 7 S 0 P O N S O A R P A 7 E E D-1-1 U J-1 0 F J-1-1. ... Of Native Copper Keweenaw Peninsula In Upper Michigan. Pre-Owned. $5.25. Time left 3d 9h left. 0 bids. ... 5 Piece Lot Michigan Native Vein Copper with Silver -Mining Mineral Half-breed. $55.00. FAST 'N FREE. or Best Offer.
From 1847 to 1887, Michigan was the nation’s largest producer of copper, and as copper production grew, the population of the Upper Peninsula, particularly the Keweenaw Peninsula, grew with it. The towns of Houghton, Hecla, and Calumet, among others, were all copper towns peopled by workers employed in the mines.
History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan 1883 ... More than a ton of silver in its native and combined states was taken out and sent to Paris. During the first two years' operations, the four shafts going from north to south were put down to a depth, respectively, of 47, 208, 45 and 83 feet, while the adit had been driven in a distance of 265 ...
Mercury in metal ores of the Upper Peninsula Samples of native copper and silver from 29 abandoned Keweenaw mines were analyzed for mercury, and found to contain mean values of 3.9 μg g −1 (ppm; SD = ±2.1) in native copper; 154(±198) ppm in half-breeds (copper silver mixtures), and 394(±187) ppm in native silver .
Half-breed (Silver/Copper) and Chlorastrolite (Greenstone) Pendant: HBGN-3 Half-breed usually refers to a natural mixture of white native silver red copper. Unique to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and corresponding areas of Canada across Lake Superior are masses of silver and copper referred to as : Ëœhalf-breeda'.
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA : A Cu-Ag-As occurrence/mine located in the SW¼SW¼SW¼ sec. 27, T57N, R32W, Michigan Meridian, at Mohawk (headframe hamlet), approximately 6 miles north of Calumet on the east side of Route 41, on ...
Values for NATIVE COPPER/SILVER 'HALF-BREED' Iroquois Mine, Upper Peninsula, Michigan Unique to the mines of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are specimens composed to appraise similar items instantly without sending photos or descriptions.
Jul 14, 2018 - Michigan Photo 1900-1932 Electric Park between Hancock Calumet Michigan
The White Pine copper deposit is located in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the south side of Lake Superior (Figure WP 1). In terms of tonnage White Pine is considered a first decile sediment-hosted stratiform copper-silver deposit based on USGS Open file report 2003-107, making it a world class deposit in terms of size.
Mercury in metal ores of the Upper Peninsula Samples of native copper and silver from 29 abandoned Keweenaw mines were analyzed for mercury, and found to contain mean values of 3.9 μg g −1 (ppm; SD = ±2.1) in native copper; 154(±198) ppm in half-breeds (copper silver mixtures), and 394(±187) ppm in native silver .
The Cliff mine was the first successful copper mine in the Copper Country of the state of Michigan in the United States. The mine is at the now-abandoned town of Cliftonin Keweenaw County. Mining began in 1845, and the Cliff was the most productive copper mine in the United States from 1845 through 1854. Large-scale mining stopped in 1878. The Cliff mined a fissure vein of native copperin ...
A rich Native Silver with Native Copper specimen from the Upper Peninsula area in Michigan, USA, possibly the Iron Mountain Mine. The specimen consists of a somewhat gnarled appearing branch of Native Silver from a base of rounded Native Silver crystals and a sheet-like development of Native Copper.
The western Upper Peninsula of Michigan hosts a variety of metallic mineral deposits that have been, are, or have potential to be mined. These deposit types include banded iron, magmatic nickel–copper±platinum group elements sulfide, gold, volcanogenic massive sulfide and stratiform/stratabound copper.
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USA060 - Native Silver with Copper - Houghton County, Michigan. This classic "halfbreed" specimen from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is mostly comprised of crude silver crystals. There are also a few nice crystals of copper. This specimen has not been chemically cleaned so it retains the original patina. 7.2 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm.
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Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula boomed, and from 1845 until 1887 (when it was exceeded by Butte, Montana) the Michigan Copper Country was the nation's leading producer of copper. In most years from 1850 through 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the nation's copper, and in 1869 produced more than 95% of the country's copper.
Nov 19, 2013 Highland Copper Company Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on exploring and developing copper projects on the Keweenaw Peninsula within the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. through ...