Dwarves' Earth Treasures Online
Museum:
Copper Falls Datolites
Vicinity of Copper Falls,
Keweenaw CO., Michigan
Field-collecting Status: All
Private Properties. no treaspassing!
The Copper Falls area is known for its veins of
pink to white crystalline datolite veins. The Owl Creek Fissure is
an example that is abundant with pinkish datolite crystals as well
as other interesting minerals such as natrolite, calcite and copper
crystals. The Hill fissure to the north have produced mostly white
datolites from a seam while there are some additional datolite sites
near Torch Lake to the north of Copper Falls area. There had been
reports of colorful datolites, but few datolites are found around
that area.
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My first datolite ever found.
A rare find at Old Copper Falls Mine
at Torch Lake,
Keweenaw Co., MI, August 1995
Owl Creek Fissure,
Copper Falls area,
Keweenaw Co. MI
August 1995
Within the vicinity of Copper Falls,
Copper Falls, Keweenaw Co., Michigan