Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Uraninite Formula: UO2 Comments: Large quantities of uraninite and its alteration to other minerals have been found here. Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Gummite 46 Microcline 23 Zircon 23 Vandendriesscheite 20 Uranophane 17 Parauranophane 15 Autunite 10 Phosphuranylite 7 Schoepite 7 Soddyite 6 Quartz 6 Meta-autunite 6 Paulscherrerite 5 Fluorapatite 5 Muscovite 3 Albite 2 Becquerelite 1 Curite 1 Feldspar Group 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Uraninite data Locality Data: Click here to view Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (26 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 11404 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:11404:8 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
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Cameron, Eugene N., Larrabee, David M., McNair, Andrew H., Page, James J., Stewart, Glen W., Shainin, Vincent E. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 Lewis, Stefanie R., Simonetti, Antonio, Corcoran, Loretta, Simonetti, Stefanie S., Dorais, Corinne, Burns, Peter C. (2020) The Role of Continental Crust in the Formation of Uraninite-Based Ore Deposits. Minerals , 10 (2) 136 doi:10.3390/min10020136 Search for references including Uraninite Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA