Rockhounding @ Cliff Mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Rockhounding an a abandoned copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the Keweenaw. Searching through tailings piles for minerals. Very nice place to look for zeolites and minerals that are associated with copper.
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Good finds
Hi Naomi! And thank you 😊
Cool cliff mine and such enormous tailings piles! Gosh that must feel a bit over whelming with just huge piles of rock to search! What amazing specimens! Thanks for sharing!
Very huge piles. It was a bit overwhelming, especially with the biting flies. I should of brought a heavy yard rake to turn up some material or shovel. A pump sprayer too. But was still a blast. Was worth the long drive to rockhound the Keweenaw area. I need to trim some of the pieces to display better. I got lots of cool zeolites. I'm happy. I appreciate you watching 🙂
Hi friend beautiful place with many and many rocks 🤩 nice finds 👍
Sooo many rocks to go through. I thought I found some ok ones. Thanks for watching my good friend 🙂
Beautiful specimens. We love hitting old copper mines. You never know what you might find.
I agree. I wish I knew more about the geology and minerals up there in the Keweenaw, but I've been studying up. I like all the zeolites up there too besides all the great minerals associated with copper. Thanks a bunch for stopping by!
I also enjoyed you sharing your knowledge on all of this materials! I learn so much from you!
Hey thanks, bro. That's good to know. 😁🤜🤛
Excellent video my friend!!
Thank you very much, my good friend! Hope you are finding some great places to explore and nice minerals. Take care 🙂
Great Video My friend. Keep up the good work!!👍👍
Thank you very much! All your support means alot to me. I appreciate the comment and watching my video. Take care.
We didn't know a lot of those minerals you listed off. That's a really cool mine site. It's always fun when there's lots of variety like that. Love that piece of episode with the copper layer. Just beautiful!
I know you guys would love that area up there. Lots of cool camping areas and waterfalls and places to rock hound. One of the best areas around to hunt for minerals and agates. Theres a couple more abandoned mines I'd like to check out another time. Thank you Charlie and Liz for watching 🙂
@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 we'll hit it up when we get to Wisconsin. Hopefully you could join us too.
Shawn amazing that you could go search the mine tailings, that’s on my list to do. Looks like you found some great treasures. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.😊
You should definitely go when you get the chance. All kinds of neat minerals to find. Thanks for watching, Heather. Have a good day. 🙂
I agree next time I get a chance to Travel it’s on my list😊🤘
Heading up in a couple weeks. Thank you for an interesting and informative video. You may not know all of the minerals but this was very helpful to me. I'm excited to find prenite. Keep Making cool vids!
Excellent video Shawn, what a great experience and journey! I really appreciate you bringing us along with you. What a great place, I need to make it up there sometime. The flies are terrible, never seen them this bad before, that and ticks. Just amazing finds and the variety was super cool ad well. Love the sounds of nature all around you even back at your house where you cleaned them up, the birds sounded so peaceful!
Hey buddy! Yeah, I got lots of bird feeders in my yard and plants to attract them and make sure they always have water. I enjoy them playing in my yard. I need to cut some of the rocks up and tumble a few. Still didn't find any elusive Lake Superior Agates up there 😪
@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 That's cool, same here, but probably not as many as you! I didn't think about a bird bath, water for them, good idea. I hope you find a LSA sometime soon, I'm still looking for my first too. I find it strange that I can find every rock from up there beside agates, lol.
@@CityRockhounding LOL! It'll happen for ya, Nic. I'd be super upset to go to the Yellowstone and not find an agate. I can't wait to go one day.
Shawn I wanted to go to the mines while up there also but soon realized there just wasn't enough time. I hope to return just to do the mines. It looked like a interesting place with some nice views. Sorry about the bugs, they got me also. I like all the pieces you have found. Some are very beautiful. Looking forward to some more videos of your trip up there. Thanks for sharing your awesome finds 😊
There are a few mines that you can explore i guess. I wish I knew more of the material. But yes some cool stuff! I got one more video to post this weekend from my mini vacation up there. I was surprised how warm the water was. Thank you for watching, Cherry 😊
Cool video! I just started getting into rock and fossil hunting. Fascinating!
Thank you very much for watching my video and taking the time to comment. I truly appreciate it! I'm very glad you are getting jnto rock and fossil hunting. It is very fun and truly fascinating, yes 😁
@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 your welcome!
Oh thats a good piece of native copper. I need me some native copper and thats pretty cheap for that chunk.
Wish I had found it! There's a nice public pay to dig mine that I've been trying to go to. They had to close the weekend I had made plans for. Was a bummer. Hoping to try it again next month. Gonna do some camping too. Appreciate ya watching buddy :)
@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 If you start finding it, I want some!
@@Cliffwalkerrockhounding you got it 👍👍
At 23:44 is there any chance that I'm seeing Pumpellyite or Greenstone rather than Epidote?
Oh, yes, I do believe you might be right there. Not very gemy quality but yes. When I made the video, I wasn't sure about some of the material. So many minerals to be found in that area. Appreciate ya watching and leaving a comment. 🙂
How do I know if I find a Datolite? I feel like that place may be picked out. Its mostly old rock from years ago its not like a fresh mine right where the rock has gotten moved around recently.
@@jamesrich8463 Hello! Thank you for commenting. I have not found any datolite at that location. The Cliff Mine is definitely picked over and does not get turned. I have found zeolites and copper there. The only datolite I found was at the Caledonia Copper Mine near Mass City. You have to pay to set up an appointment. I'm not sure where else to go to have decent luck collecting datolite.
@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 I wonder if they help you find it because I could be standing right on top of one and probably not know it.
@jamesrich8463 they look like cauliflower on the outside. Like big botryoidals. You can cut them open then and see if you have any. I have a video I made at the mine, and I have a video where I polished some I found. Make sure you go to the AE Seamans museum in Houghton and see their amazing collection of Datolite, copper, and other minerals from Michigan and all over.
+35:10 😁
Yes, I love that piece too! 🤩👍👍