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Michigan Geological Survey

Volumes

Volume 2 / Lane, A. C. / THE KEWEENAW SERIES OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, 1911, cl, pages 505 - 983, - 3 -, $ 30

Volume 2 / Lane, A. C. / THE KEWEENAW SERIES OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, 1911, cl, pages 505 - 983, - 3 -, $ 20  [this copy has dark coloring to the exterior surface, interior of the book fine]


Volume 5, PART I: UPPER PENINSULA, 1881 - 1884, IRON AND COPPER REGIONS; PART II: LOWER PENINSULA, 1885 - 1893, DEEP BORINGS WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGIN OF SALT, GYPSUM, AND PETROLEUM, Lansing, 1895, cl, 100 pages, 73 plates, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 100 [original cloth binding]

Volume 5, PART I: UPPER PENINSULA, 1881 - 1884, IRON AND COPPER REGIONS; PART II: LOWER PENINSULA, 1885 - 1893, DEEP BORINGS WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ORIGIN OF SALT, GYPSUM, AND PETROLEUM, Lansing, 1895, cl, 100 pages, 73 plates, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 150 [newly rebound; text is in unusually fine condition]


Publications

Publication 13 / Hore, R. E. and Allen, R. C. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN WITH STATISTICAL TABLES OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS FOR 1912 AND PRIOR YEARS, Lansing, 1913, cl, 225 pages, index, 8 plates, 1 figure., - 3 -, $ 20

Publication 15 / Cook, C. W. / THE BRINE AND SALT DEPOSITS OF MICHIGAN, THEIR ORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION, AND EXPLOITATION, Lansing, 1914, cl, 188 pages, 15 plates, 47 figs., - 5 -, $ 20 [Contents: Theory of origin of salt and brine deposits; Geology of salt and brine deposits of Michigan; Salt manufacture; Industry by districts; bibliography]

Publication 16 / Allen, R. C. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN WITH STATISTICAL TABLES OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS FOR 1913 AND PRIOR YEARS, Lansing, 1914, cl, 150 pages, exceptionally fine condition, - 2 -, $ 30

Publication 18 / Allen, R. C., et.al. / CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN <and> THE GEOLOGY OF LIMESTONE MOUNTAIN AND SHERMAN HILL IN HOUGHTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, Lansing, 1915, cl, 189 pages 12 plates, 16 figs., - 3 -, $ 20

Publication 19 / Hore, R. E. and Allen, R. C. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF MICHIGAN WITH STATISTICAL TABLES OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS FOR 1914 AND PRIOR YEARS, Lansing, 1915, cl, 351 pages, index, 18 plates, 24 figs., - 5 -, clean copy, $ 30

Publication 21 /  Smith, R. A. and Smith, R. C. / PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS IN MICHIGAN FOR 1915 AND PRIOR YEARS AND A REPORT ON MICHIGAN LIMESTONES, Lansing, 1916, cl, 402 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Publication 38 /  Newcomb, R. B. / OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF MICHIGAN, A DISCUSSION OF DEPOSITIONAL AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN, Michigan Geological Survey P 38, Lansing, 1932, afb, 293 pages, 10 plates (5 in pocket), 41 figs., 23 tables, - 5 -, $ 28

Publication 38 / Newcomb, R. B. / OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF MICHIGAN, A DISCUSSION OF DEPOSITIONAL AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN, Michigan Geological Survey P 38, Lansing, 1932, cl, 293 pages, 10 plates (5 in pocket), 41 figs., 23 tables, - 5 -, $ 30

Publication 41 / Brown G. G. / MOLDING SANDS OF MICHIGAN AND THEIR USES, Lansing, 1936, cl, 262 pages, 34 figs., 2 maps (in pocket), 42 tables, - 3 -, $ 24

Publication 44 / Landes, K. K., et. al. / GEOLOGY OF THE MACKINAC STRAITS REGION AND SUB-SURFACE GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA, Lansing, 1945, cl, 204 pages, 20 plates, 14 figs. (1 in pocket), - 2 -, $ 35 [Contents: Pleistocene Geology; Stratigraphy of the surface formations; Mackinac breccia; Subsurface stratigraphy; Economic Geology]

Publication 50 / Martin, H. M. and Straight, M. T. / AN INDEX OF MICHIGAN GEOLOGY, Lansing, 1956, cl, 461 pages, exceptionally clean copy, - 2 -, $ 40; another copy showing some use, $ 30


Reports of Investigation

RI 8 / Pettijohn, F. J. / GEOLOGY AND MAGNETIC DATA FOR NORTHERN CRYSTAL FALLS AREA, Lansing, 23 pages, 3 plates (in pocket), 6 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 16

RI 9 / Pettijohn, F. J. / GEOLOGY AND MAGNETIC DATA FOR SOUTHERN CRYSTAL FALLS AREA, Lansing, 31 pages, 3 plates (in pocket), 8 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 16

Michigan Mineralogical Records  All Mineralogical Records are now in their own catalog


Michigan Miscellaneous Maps

MAP OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Northern part pf the Upper Peninsula, showing many of the mine and railroad locations, 13 x 15" in size, - 3 -, $ 50

BEDROCK OF MICHIGAN, 1977, color <and> a STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSION CHART FOR MICHIGAN, 1 sheet, 1964, - 3 -, $ 20


Michigan Miscellaneous Publications

Burt, J. S. / “BOYS, LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND [Discovery of Iron],” FROM SURVEYORS TO SCIENTISTS [locating iron ore became a science],” In: Michigan History Magazine, Nov/Dec 1994 issue, 80 pages, Lansing, - 3 -, $ 20

Crowell & Murray / THE IRON ORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR CONTAINING SOME FACTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MINING AND SHIPPING OF THE ORE AND LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL MINES, Cleveland, 1920, cl, 301 pages, numerous maps and plates, - 5 -, appears to be an unused library book from the Colorado School of Mines, $ 100

Crowell & Murray, Chemists and Metallurgists / THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR CONTAINING SOME FACTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MINING AND SHIPPING OF THE ORE AND LOCATION OF PRINCIPLE MINES OF MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA, 2nd Edition, Cleveland, 1914, cl, 257 pages, index to mines and ores, 7 pages of advertisements, - 3 -, $ 125

Crowell & Murray, Chemists and Metallurgists / THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR CONTAINING SOME FACTS OF INTEREST RELATING TO MINING AND SHIPPING OF THE ORE AND LOCATION OF PRINCIPLE MINES OF MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA, 7th Edition, Cleveland, 1930, cl, 332 pages, index to mines and ores, colored, folded maps showing ore deposits, - 3 -, $ 175

Dorr, J. A., Jr. and Eschman, D. F. / GEOLOGY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, 1970, cl, 476 pages, stratigraphic column (on back endplate), - 3 -, $ 44

Feldman, R. M., et.a SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES, K/H Geology Field Guide Series, Dubuque, 1977, pb, 241 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Fisher, T. G. and Hansen, E. C. / COASTLINE AND DUNE EVOLUTION ALONG THE GREAT LAKES, GSA Special Paper 508, Boulder, 2014, pb, 228 pages, - 1 -, $ 15 

Foster, J. W. and Whitney, J. D. / REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF A PORTION OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAND DISTRICT, 1850, issued by the 31st congress, 1st session, as executive document No. 69, 224 pages, 12 plates, unbound, little foxing in volume, - 5 -, $ 195 [this copy has a folded facsimilie copy of a map originally made by the Jesuit Missionaries to the area in 1670 or so, this is a original book, not a later report, it is an original copy waiting to be rebound

Foster, J. W. and Whitney, J. D. / REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF A PORTION OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAND DISTRICT, 1850, issued by the 31st congress, 1st session, as executive document No. 69, same as above with an original brown binding, clean, very slight foxing in text, tiny separation along spine, highes tight, all 12 plates in excellent condition, and the Jesuit map is rolled, - 5 -, $ 495 [this is a original document, not a later reprint, and is the best copy of this book I have ever seen]

Foster, J. W. and Whitney, J. D. / REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF A PORTION OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAND DISTRICT, 1850, issued by the 31st congress, 1st session, as executive document No. 69, same as above with original brown binding, copy has medium foxing throughout, and is not a later report, - 5 -, $ 75

Fountain, D. / MICHIGAN GOLD, MINING IN THE UPPER PENINSULA, Duluth, 2000, pb, 163 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Friggens, T. G. / NO TEARS IN HEAVEN: The 1926 Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster, 2nd Edition, 1988, pb, 31 pages, - 3 -, $ 6


Grace, J., Ed. / KALAMAZOO - 1994 FIELD TRIPS GUIDEBOOK, Kalamazoo, 1994, spiral bound, 244 pages, - 2 -, $ 30 [Contents: Hydrogeology of Kalamazoo and Cass Counties; Geology of the Kentland Structure Anomaly, Northwest Indiana; Glacial Geology of the Grand Valley, Michigan; Classic Silurian Reefs of the Chicago Area]

Grammar, G. M., et. al., Ed. / PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AND RESOURCES OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN, GSA SP 531, Boulder, 2018, pb, 339 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Gregory, H. E. / LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, International Geological Congress Guidebook, XVI Session, Guidebook 27, Excursion C4, 1933, 1932, pb, 101 pages, 8 plates, 22 figures, - 3 -, $ 25

Harbaugh, M. D. / LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RECORD OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR ORE DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATE AND CANADA, 2nd Edition, 1952, cl, Cleveland, very similar to the first edition volume (see Hickok below), except the maps have been moved from the end of the text to the beginning of each respective mining district, and more Canadian material has been added; two pocket plates including a bedrock map of Michigan and a map showing the Huron Creek area of West Houghton, Michigan, 334 pages, - 3 -, $ 175

Hatcher, H. / A CENTURY OF IRON AND MEN: Flow of Iron Ore from Lake Superior Region, Indianapolis, 1950, cl, 295 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Hotchkiss, W. O. / THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, 16th International Geological Congress, 1933, Guidebook 27, Excursion C-4, 101 pages, pb, 8 plates, 22 figs., $ 25

Hough, J. L. / GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1972, cl, 313 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Jackson, C. T. and Hodge, J. S. / REMARKS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND MINES OF LAKE SUPERIOR, and ON THE MINERAL REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR, 1996 reprint of 1849 original, 26 pages, - 1 -, $ 8

Karrow, P. F. and Calkin, P. E., Ed. / QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT LAKES, GAC SP 30, St. Johns, 1985, cl, 258 pages, - 2 -, $ 65

Krause, D. J. / THE MAKING OF A MINING DISTRICT: Keweenaw Native Copper, 1500 - 1870, Detroit, 1992, cl, 297 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Lankton, L. D. / BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES: Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840 - 1875, New York, 1997, pb, 247 pages, - 1 -, $ 22

Lankton, L. D. / CRADLE TO THE GRAVE: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, New York, 1991,
pb, 319 pages, - 1 -, $ 24

Lankton, L. D. / CRADLE TO THE GRAVE: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, New York, 1991, cl, 319 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

Lankton, L. D. / CRADLE TO THE GRAVE: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, New York, 1991, pb, 319 pages, - 3 -, a few notes written in text, $ 18

Margeson, G. B., et.al. / PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND OCCURRENCES IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, A 5 day field conference, 154 pages, 1989, spiral bound, plates in pocket, - 3 -, $ 38 [notes written on back side of first page, else clean, black and white illustrations with text and color photograph prints glued on pages showing details of rock structure for the days]

Medaris, L. G., et.al. / EARLY PROTEROZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE GREAT LAKES REGIONS, GSA M 160, Boulder, 1983, cl, 141 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Murdoch, A. / BOOM COPPER: THE STORY OF THE FIRST U.S. MINING BOOM, Calumet, 1964, cl, 255 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

Newett, G. A. / A MICHIGAN GOLD MINE, In: Michigan History Magazine, Volume XI, No. 1, January, 1927, pps. 73 - 91, Lansing, pb, - 2 -, $ 20 [other titles in this issue are mainly non-mining in nature]

Poindexter, O. F., et.al. / ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MICHIGAN, 2nd Edition, Publication 42, Lansing, 1945, pb, 94 pages, - 5 -, $ 10 [chip on corner of cover, ovg ]

Schneider, A. F. and Faser, G. S. / LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN, GSA SP 251, Boulder, 1990, pb, 123 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Smith, E. B. / CALUMET AND HECLA MINING COMPANY and CALUMET AND HECLA: THE FINAL CHAPTER, two books; first is a reprint of a 1923 original, includes three parts: human history, business history and the consolidation of Calumet and Hecla and subsidiary companies, second book is a photocopy of C& H liquidation catalog, $ 20

Velbel, M. A., et.al. / SEDIMENTOLOGY, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, AND GEOCHEMICAL WEATHERING OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA OF GRAND LEDGE, MICHIGAN, Michigan Basin Geological Society, 1944, spiral bound, 58 pages, 8 figs., - 3 -, $ 15 Prepared for the AAPG Annual Meeting and the Great Lakes Section 24th Annual Fall Field Conference]

White, W. S., et.al. / SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDE FOR FIELD CONFERENCE OF THE MICHIGAN COPPER DISTRICT, Houghton, 1971, pb, 82 pages, - 2 -, $ 25 [Contents: geologic setting of the Michigan Copper District; recent developments in the native copper district; Geology of the White Pine area; 3 field trip guides: Houghton to Calumet, Calumet area and the White Pine area]

Winchell, N. H. / ANCIENT COPPER-MINES OF ISLE ROYALE, 1997 reprint of 1881 original, 20 pages, - 1 -, $ 8


Wold, R. J. and Hinze, W. J., Ed. / GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN, GSA M 156, Boulder, cl, 280 pages, small dots of liquid paper on contents page, otherwise new, $ 169


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