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	Pillows in basalt -- Archean Mona Schist.
	Pillows in basalt -- Archean Mona Schist.
	Pillows in basalt - Archean Mona Schist. Note the light colored spots - possibly immiscible droplets near pillow margin
	Pillows in basalt - Archean Mona Schist.
	Pillows in basalt - Archean Mona Schist.
	Steeply dipping shear zone in pillow basalt - Archean Mona Schist with dark serpentine as sheared matrix to less deformed basalt w/in zone - looking North

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	Jon Burr climbing down from cab area of large ore truck, Tilden/Empire mine.
	Jill Kurek standing next to a tire of large ore truck.
	Empire mine pit overlook (stop A).
	Empire mine pit overlook (stop A).
	Empire mine pit overlook (stop A) - Ginny Peterson, Larry Fegel, Luis Sierra, Jill Kurek
	Empire Mine pit - at stop B - 625' elev. bench - shovel loading blasted ore onto truck.
	Empire Mine pit - at stop B - 625' elev. bench - shovel mining blasted ore to load in ore truck.
	Talus fan in Empire pit, Empire/Tilden Mine, Negaunee.
	Drilling holes for explosives - CD V pit, Empire/Tilden mine - Stop C.
	Pile surrounding hole drilled for explosives - CD V pit, Empire/Tilden mine - Larry, Luis, Ginny, Jill - Stop C.
	Pile surrounding hole drilled for explosives - CD V pit, Empire/Tilden mine - Stop C.
	Pile surrounding hole drilled for explosives - CD V pit, Empire/Tilden mine - Stop C.
	View of Tilden mine pit from east side - old overlook - Stop D.
	Large ore truck - Empire/Tilden mine.
	Grinding chambers - Tilden mine processing plant.
	Belt transporting crushed ore that is too large to chamber for reprocessing, Tilden mine plant.
	Screens with micron-scale crushed ore - steam thickening, Tilden mine processing plant.
	Deslime thickening - cornstarch added to help separate ore - ore sinks and waste material floated off top, Tilden processing plant.
	Deslime thickening - cornstarch added to help separate ore - ore sinks and waste material floated off top, Tilden processing plant.
	Conveyer for processed ore, Tilden plant.
	Large rotating cylinder and conveyer to round out the taconite pellets.
	End view of part of kiln used in final processing of taconite pellets - brings pellets to 2200 degrees F, Tilden mine processing plant.
	View from processing plant in vicinity of Kiln overlooking ductwork used to transport taconite pellets for storage and shipping, Tilden Mine.
	Tailing settling tank, Tilden mine.
	Tilden mine processing plant control room for part of the process.
	Tilden mine overlooking west.
	Shovel loading truck with ore at the bottom of the Tilden mine pit.
	View looking east at bottom of the Tilden mine pit.
	Ore rocks at bottom of Tilden mine pit.
	Orange cones mark spots for future drilling and blasting program in DC III pit - Empire/Tilden mine, stop G.
	CD III pit from Stop G, Empire/Tilden mine.
	View to northeast from stop H - top of waste pile at Empire/Tilden mine - second highest point in Michigan @ 1900' elev.
	View to northwest from stop H - top of waste pile at Empire/Tilden mine - second highest point in Michigan @ 1900' elev.

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	Lindberg Quarry in Kona Dolomite - quarry wall showing dipping layering
	Lindberg Quarry in Kona Dolomite - quarry wall showing dipping layering. Jon Burr for scale.
	Lindberg Quarry in Kona Dolomite - quarry wall showing dipping layering. Jon Burr for scale.

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	Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. White reduced area on either side of fracture. Larry Fegel for scale. Looking east along fracture.
	Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. White reduced area on either side of fracture. Jill Kurek for scale. Looking west along fracture
	Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. White reduced area on either side of fracture. Looking east along fracture.
	Cross bedding in Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. Looking west.
	Cross bedding in Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. Looking west.
	Finger points to red shale clast in Jacobsville sandstone, note reduced white layer across lower part of slide - along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. Looking west.
	Cross bedding in Jacobsville sandstone along eastern shore of Presque Isle, Marquette, near pier. Looking west.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Morning view toward north with mist on Lake Superior after evening storm.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Morning view toward northeast with mist on Lake Superior after evening storm.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Peridotite with red dolomitic veins and spidery pale green serpentine veins. Looking NW. Hammer for scale.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Peridotite with red dolomitic veins and spidery pale green serpentine veins. Looking NW. Hammer for scale.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Conglomerate at base of Jacobsville SS with clasts of local rock including gneiss, chert, peridotite (not seen) Hammer for scale.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Peridotite with red dolomitic veins and spidery pale green serpentine veins - overlain by brown poorly layered fine sand/siltstone interpreted as paleosol, topped by congomerate interpreted as base of Jacobsville SS.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Peridotite with red dolomitic veins and spidery pale green serpentine veins and white quartz veins at center of some dolomitic veins - looking down.
	North shore of Presque Isle. Peridotite with red dolomitic veins and spidery pale green serpentine veins and white quartz veins at center of some dolomitic veins - looking down.

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	View south toward Marquette and Presque Isle from Sugarloaf Mountain.
	View north along coast from Sugarloaf Mountain.
	View west from Sugarloaf Mountain, Granite knob (Hogback mountain?) in center view (Jill, Larry, ginny).
	Sugarloaf Mtn. Granite close-up.
	Sugarloaf Mountain. Close up of granite with small mafic inclusion.
	Sugarloaf Mountain, granite close-up.

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	Negaunee - Photo of folded Jaspilite slab in monument to miners - Negaunee park.
	Negaunee - Photo of monument to miners made primarily of Jaspilite slabs in - Negaunee park (Larry, Ginny).
	Memorial stone associated with Negaunee park miners monument inscription - note age of miners!
	Negaunee - Plaque on monument to miners made primarily of Jaspilite slabs in - Negaunee park .
	Proterozoic Enchantment lake Formation basal quartz-pebble conglomerate near contact with Archean Mona schist - in woods to NE of roadcut. Other photos showing location of contact (not exposed) with this outcrop in view.
	Larry Fegel standing on contact between Proterozoic Enchantment lake Formation basal quartz-pebble conglomerate (to left) and Archean Mona schist to right - in woods to NE of roadcut.
	Close up of Archean Mona schist very near contact with Proterozoic Enchantment lake Formation basal quartz-pebble conglomerate (this o/c in photo with Larry on contact) - in woods to NE of roadcut. Note glacial striations.
	Upper part of Proterozoic Enchantment Lake formation at northeast end of roadcut - in contact just to left with Mesnard quartzite. Here interbedded slate and metasandstone. Dipping south.
	Ripple marks on bedding surface of Mesnard quartzite. Dipping south.
	Well bedded clean Mesnard quartzite. Dipping south. Larry and Ginny for scale.
	Well bedded clean Mesnard quartzite. Dipping south. Larry and Ginny for scale.
	Close-up of Well bedded clean Mesnard quartzite. Dipping south. Hammer for scale.
	Looking NE at bedding surface in Ajibik quartzite - note iron staining.
	Locally spotty character of Ajibik quartzite.
	Siamo slate - lookiing ~east at OC - Bedding dips south ~ 60 degrees (note esp. thick pinkish layer) cleavage is steep to South.
	Siamo slate - close-up of bedding cleavage relationship - lookiing ~east at OC - Bedding dips south ~ 60 degrees (note esp. thick pinkish layer) cleavage is steep to South. Hand lens lanyard for scale.
	Siamo slate - close-up of bedding cleavage relationship - lookiing ~east at OC - Bedding dips south ~ 60 degrees cleavage is steep to South. Hand lens for scale.
	Siamo slate - lookiing ~east at OC - Bedding dips south ~ 60 degrees cleavage is steep to South. Close-up showing excellent bedding cleavage relationships - note also cleavage refraction.

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	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.
	Fold interference patterns in folded Jaspilite (specular hematite and Jasper) on Jasper Knob, Ishpeming.

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	Fragmental dacite in pavement outcrop along road near south side of Deer Lake.
	Close-up of volcanic clast in fragmental dacite in pavement outcrop along road near south side of Deer Lake - rock photographed in LaBerge book.
	Fragmental dacite in pavement outcrop along road near south side of Deer Lake (see LaBerge).
	Fragmental dacite in pavement outcrop along road near south side of Deer Lake.

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STOP MQ9:

No Photos Taken. Refer to Samples and Tour info.

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STOP MQ10:

	Harvey Quarry - photo of south end of quarry showing Archean Mona schist at left in fault contact with Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite. Thrust motion brings Mesnard up relative to Mona schist - remobilized fault.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of north end of quarry showing Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite - dipping north. looking west.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of north end of quarry showing Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite - dipping north. looking west.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of north end of quarry showing Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite - dipping north. looking west. Interpreted thrust ramp crosses center of photo parallel to bedding.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of southmost end of quarry showing Archean Mona schist. looking west.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of south end of quarry showing Archean Mona schist at left in fault contact with Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite. Thrust motion brings Mesnard up relative to Mona schist - remobilized fault.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of south end of quarry showing Archean Mona schist at left in fault contact with Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite. Thrust motion brings Mesnard up relative to Mona schist - remobilized fault. Ginny and Jill standing on fault.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of fault zone between Archean Mona schist at left and Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite. Thrust motion brings Mesnard up relative to Mona schist - remobilized fault. S/C fabrics indicate thrust motion - right side up.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of fault zone between Archean Mona schist at left and Proterozoic Mesnard quartzite. Thrust motion brings Mesnard up relative to Mona schist - remobilized fault. S/C fabrics indicate thrust motion - right side up .
	Harvey Quarry - close-up of mesnard quartzite.
	Harvey Quarry - close-up of Mona Schist.
	Harvey Quarry - north central part of o/c - photo of bedded Mesnard quartzite - dipping north (right) - looking west.
	Harvey Quarry - close-up of Mesnard quartzite showing north dipping bedding (parallel to pen) and thin bed above pen that shows steeper cleavage.
	Harvey Quarry - photo of northernmost end of quarry showing slaty layers in Mesnard quartzite - note near vertical cleavage.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite.
	Harvey Quarry - north of quarry behind south end of road cut - exposures of stromatolites in kona dolomite - steep cleavage parallel to pen and nearly perpendicular to bedding.
	North of Harvey Quarry - south end of road cut - exposures of well bedded Kona Dolomite - shows nice cleavage bedding relationship (south dipping bedding - steeper cleavage).
	North of Harvey Quarry - south end of road cut - exposures of well bedded Kona Dolomite - shows nice cleavage bedding relationship (south dipping bedding - steeper cleavage - parallel to pen).
	North of Harvey Quarry - south end of road cut - exposures of well bedded Kona Dolomite - shows nice cleavage bedding relationship (south dipping bedding - steeper cleavage) - here rocks within Kona are more quartz rich.
	North of Harvey Quarry - south end of road cut - bedded rocks withing Kona Dolomite - cut by red-colored vein.
	North of Harvey Quarry - south end of road cut - exposures of well bedded Kona Dolomite - shows nice cleavage bedding relationship (south dipping bedding - steeper cleavage).
	North of Harvey Quarry - road cut - exposures of predominantly quartzite - well bedded within Kona Dolomite unit - Ginny and Jill for scale.
	North of Harvey Quarry - road cut - exposures of predominantly quartzite - well bedded within Kona Dolomite unit - Ginny for scale.
	North of Harvey Quarry - road cut - exposures of predominantly quartzite - well bedded within Kona Dolomite unit - Ginny for scale.
	View north toward Marquette at Lake Superior from Harvey Quarry Roadcut.
	North of Harvey Quarry - road cut - exposures of predominantly quartzite - well bedded within Kona Dolomite unit.

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