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Native Silver from
Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA


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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
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Native Silver, etc.

Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Copper20
Epidote8
Quartz5
Calcite3
Native Gold2
Chrysocolla1
K Feldspar1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Minesota Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:98203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:98203:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘNational Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘRockland Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘMichigan Mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘLake Superior Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘFlintsteel River Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘNebraska Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘCaledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘOld Mass Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
6.8km (4.3 miles) ⓘEvergreen Bluff Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
6.8km (4.3 miles) ⓘEvergreen Series (Evergreen Lodes), Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
References
Henwood, William Jory (1871) On the Native Copper of Lake Superior, in Observations of Metalliferous Deposits, and on Subterranean Temperature - Part the First. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 8 (1). 385-489
Morris, Tom (1983) Michigan Mineralogy. A locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 58 (3). 107-113 doi:10.1080/00357529.1983.11767128p.112
 
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