Copper – WGNHS – UW–Madison
Copper wire on gossan, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI. The wires are a few mm long. (Photograph and specimen by Pete Rodewald) Native copper occurs as veins and cavity fillings in hydrothermally altered basaltic igneous rocks. It is also a product of near-surface supergene alteration of other copper minerals, such as chalcopyrite. …
