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Delaware Mine, Keweenaw, MI

Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: datolite, epidote.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: native copper and datolite, copper country

Tourist copper mine that has offered rock collecting/rockpiles; documented on mindat.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold mine tunnel, uneven dumps

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