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Pitchblende from
Kopaniec uranium deposit, Kopaniec, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kopaniec uranium deposit, Kopaniec, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:967612
Long-form Identifier:1:3:967612:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘMajewo uranium mine, Dziwiszów, Gmina Jeżów Sudecki, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘBudniki uranium adit No 21, Budniki, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘWołowa Góra, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘPodgórze Mine, Podgórze, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘWiktoria mine, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘKWK Wałbrzych, Sobięcin, Wałbrzych, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Mochnacka, K., Banaś, M. (2000): Occurrence and genetic relationships of uranium and thorium mineralization in the Karkonosze-Izera Block (The Sudety Mts, SW Poland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae: 70: 137-150
Mochnacka, Ksenia; Oberc-Dziedzic, Teresa; Mayer, Wojciech; Pieczka, Adam (2015) Ore mineralization related to geological evolution of the Karkonosze–Izera Massif (the Sudetes, Poland) — Towards a model. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.07.001
Syczewski, Marcin Daniel, Siuda, Rafał, Parafiniuk, Jan (2023) REE Concentrations in Secondary Uranium Minerals from the Izera Metamorphic Complex (SW Poland) Minerals, 13 (7) doi:10.3390/min13070945
 
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