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Adularia from
Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA


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Adularia, etc.

Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
06782500017422836984654.jpg
Adularia, etc.

Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
08197640017422836988768.jpg
Adularia, etc.

Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Copper2
Analcime1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northwestern Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:400940
Long-form Identifier:1:3:400940:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCentral Mine, Central, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘAshbed Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘOwl Creek, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘDrexel Mine, Eagle Harbor Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘPhoenix Mine, Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘLake Superior Mine (Old Phoenix Fissure), Phoenix, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘCliff Mine, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘG-2 Prospect, Bete Grise, Grant Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘAllouez Mine, Allouez, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ⓘWolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
References
Heinrich, E. W., Robinson, George Willard (2004) Mineralogy of Michigan (2nd ed.) A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum and Michigan Technological University. 252pp.
Rosemeyer, Tom (2009) Copper-bearing Fissure Veins, Keweenaw County, Michigan, Lake Superior Native Copper District (Part 1) Rocks & Minerals, 84 (4) 298-306 doi:10.3200/rmin.84.4.298-306part1
Rosemeyer, Tom (2011) News from the Keweenaw: Part 4—Recent Mineral Finds in Michigan's Copper Country (Seventeenth in a series of articles on the mines and minerals of Michigan's Copper Country) Rocks & Minerals, 86 (3) 206-227 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.568281
 
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