 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | greenish-yellow color and is composed of uranophane or beta-uranophane; it is sometimes soft and earthy with...uranium in part, with the formation of uranophane, beta-uranophane, or soddyite, or it may be retained in...and phosphuranylite, and the silicates uranophane, beta-uranophane, kasolite, and Mineral B. The alteration...thereof, and many appear to have been mixtures with uranophane and other secondary uranium minerals. A few of...is of interest to note that only one mineral, uranophane, of the dozen or so that have now been identified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranophane-beta Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO3OH)2 ² 5H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal...Pattern: J¶a chymov, Czech Republic; may convert to uranophane on crushing. 7.83 (100), 3.90 (90), 3.51 (60)...5H2 O: Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with uranophane. Occurrence: conditions. A secondary mineral...minerals under oxidizing Association: Uraninite, uranophane. Distribution: Now known from numerous localities;...Andhra Pradesh, India. In the USA, from Bedford, Westchester Co., New York; at Newry, Oxford Co., Maine; |  | | Report (issue) | | 71 Z = [8] X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.48 (90), 6.14 (80)...sklodowskite, uranophane, torbernite, curite. Distribution: From Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi...Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the USA, in the Ruggles pegmatite, Grafton, Grafton...Grafton Co., New Hampshire; at the Steel City mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona; from the Jackpile mine, Laguna,... Valencia Co., New Mexico; in the Lucky Mc mine, Fremont Co., Wyoming; from the Honeycomb Hills, Juab |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | T H E RUGGLES FELDSPAR - M I C A MINE, — G R A F T O N , N E W HAMPSHIRE By G A R D I N E R E. GREGORY...commercial production of mica in New Hampshire started at the Ruggles Mine in 1803. In recent years it has...of minerals have been removed from the mine. In 1962 the mine was opened for pub lic inspection. Each...Each year thousands of people visit the mine to view the scenery from the top of Isinglass Mountain and...and to explore the giant tunnels of the mine. Very few of the visitors are bonaficd mineral collectors |  | | Report (issue) | | 790 X-ray Powder Pattern: Flat Rock mine, North Carolina, USA; nearly identical to dewindtite. 7.83...Association: Uraninite, autunite, meta-autunite, uranophane, uranophane-beta, becquerelite, curite, parsonsite...haiweeite, uranian “opal”. Distribution: In the USA, from the Flat Rock and Buchanan pegmatite mines...in the Ruggles mine, near Grafton, and the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Fairfield Co., Connecticut; at the Barker (Ferguson) mine, five km southeast of Keystone, Pennington Co., |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranophane Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO3OH)2 ² 5H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...665 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles pegmatite, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. 7.88 (100), 3.94 (90), 2...Wyoming, USA. (2) Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO 3OH)2 ² 5H2 O: Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with uranophane-beta....deposition from meteoric waters. Association: Uranophane-beta, kasolite, meta-autunite, phosphuranylite...France. In the USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mica locality known as the Ruggles' Mine in Grafton Center, New Hampshire. Already then it had been in...color groupings on the whitish microcline. My New Hampshire friends, Mr. Leggett and Mr. Weeks of Meredith...Meredith, mentioned having seen workmen repairing the mine road with some of the colorful stuff! Good specimens...met the Walls a few months earlier at the Nevel Mine, Newry, Maine. At the time Bill was still in the...are so typical of this locality as well as other New England localities. Bill's rucksack was already loaded |  | | Report (issue) | | rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure 12...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and will stop in for a chat. Should you be up in New England hunt me up.' I live on Long Island in Lake...you at the July meeting of the Micromounters of New England to be held at my home. Many of us Thumbnail...favorite places to hunt are the Ruggles Mine and Palermo. New Hampshire has many fine areas to hunt which...which produce some excellent specimens. Fletcher Mine, Valencia, Charles Davis, Nancy 1 and 2 are all good...good producers and all are in Groton, Grafton Co. along with the Palermo and Rice and all near together |  | | Book | | are always looking for people to write books on new and related subjects. If you have an idea for a book...Laboratory; William "Skip" Simmons, - University of New Orleans; Reinhard Wegner, Universidade Federal da...mineralogist M. H. Klaprot h showed that it contained a new chemica l element. Klaproth produced "uranium" powder...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Report (issue) | | ianthinite, curite, soddyite, rutherfordine, uranophane (Shinkolobwe, Congo); paraschoepite, arsenuranylite...Zaire). In the USA, at Beryl Mountain, Acworth, Sullivan Co., and in the Ruggles mine, Grafton, and the Palermo...Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in Utah, at the Consolidated mine, Green...Mesa, Emery Co., the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, and the Frey No. 4 mine, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., and...Colorado; from the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., the Abe Lincoln mine, northeast of Wickenburg, Yavapai |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAVID M~ SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. Photographs by Julius Weber, Mamaroneck...the uraninite with the deposition of secondary uranophane and autunite along these fractures. These two...vugs in cleavelandite. At the Ruggles Quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire autunite is closely associated...with manganapatite, uraninite, cyrtolite, and uranophane; all very late minerals in that pegmatite. Hyalite...mineral, much of it coating over thin crusts of uranophane and autunite. It is highly fluorescent under |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that...its outstanding classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized...most “autunite” specimens that have been found on mine dumps or have resided in collections for decades...some localities, including that from the Daybreak mine described below, dehydrates in such a way that what...of autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Swap, and Trade activities of the many clubs in New England and in other areas of the United States....was pleased to meet John Morehouse of Schenectady, New York as he and his folks stopped in for a visit....his son from Mt. Kisco, New York came for a visit after a trip to Ruggles Mine. W e chatted about the...We talked of the fine New York Mineral Club and Neal Yedlin a fine friend of mine. Neal and I have corresponded...many interesting minerals from the New England States: New Hampshire—Conway at Lovejoy and adjoining areas— |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leadhillite has been reported from the Beer Cellar Mine, Granby, Mo. but this writer has never had an opportuntiy...collected some years ago at the fabulous Mammoth Mine, Tiger. I have examined a number of leadhillites...Arizona. The Ruggles mine, in Grafton, N . H. is the oldest mica, feldspar, beryl, and uranium mine in the...enthusiastic rock and mineral collectors. The famous Ruggles mine deserves and has received a better fate. It...many rare and beautiful minerals. I mention the Ruggles mine for several reasons. First, it yields magnificent |  | | Report (issue) | | identified as valid species already knorn; some new species have teen established. Many rhases remain...Bill Bryan claim, guild Steer Canyon, Montrose County, Colo, Ref. no. cf X-rav patterns TE 474 Quantity...Location Arc!ers(, nitc. 1/ usrm Hillside mine, Yac;apal County, Ariz, Ref. no. of X-ray patterns Inv....nc. cf Y.-ray atterns Quantity Ear. 1640 Ruggles mine, H. Arentina Far. 5546 -— ..IttAnite ;'7239...number Location La4fl7J:Tite Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Ariz. Inv. 2777 Quantity now m,tal- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY'S 4-DAY COLLECTING TRIP TO VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE By W . Downloaded by [University of Calgary]...correspondent that a Society trip be made to northern New England, it was received with enthusiasm by all concerned...collection and exchanging numerous New Jersey specimens for the local northern New England species. Our collecting...on July 31st., when we were led to the Ruggles mine at Grafton Center, N . H. Permission had been granted...granted, as is necessary at this mine, by the Superintendent, Mr. Alexander, for our collecting in the extensive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metals are, to many, equally as important. Did a new “metallic”age dawn a few decades ago that will be...waxy uranophane. The 3-cm specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...found at the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths... WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WILL FIT WITHIN A ONE INCH CUBE COLLECTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE As we are nearing the period of fall and the...the northeast, many like to plan a trip to New Hampshire. There are a num ber of key mineral localities...cuttable material will all be interested in Palermo Mine in North Groton. Several other good mines are in...as—foggite, whitmoreite, and geodkenite 438 Ruggles Mine in Grafton, New Hamp shire is a very popular area for...mineral family from this mine. Pods which are composed of gummite, uraninite, uranophane and autunite are found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Items Dax Landes, France Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico A t a...Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona...Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona...Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Chessy, France with Uranophane and Mangan-Apatite, Ruggles Mine, Grafton Ctr...Ctr., New Hampshire with Quartz Crystals - Felsobanya, Hungary Cumberland, England Hungary Tsum'eb, Otavi |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 8, Silica and Silicates (part three)...length at the quarries near Bedford and Overlook, New York; near Golden, Colorado and elsewhere. A fine...found at Fort Washington Avenue and 171st Street in New York City and is now in the American Museum of Natural...tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield, New York Middletown district, Connecticut...mailed (Hauy, 1811; Seybert, 1824). Dr. Bruce, a New York City physician, should be remembered as an avid...both sides of the road (Schooner, 1961). New York Another New York collector, Dr. J . H. Steel, discovered...occurred almost a century ago. A new, one time only, find was made in a New York City excavation at 88th...chrysoberyl in quartz, Wisdom Ranch prospect, Larimer County, Colorado. Crystal is VA by VA by 1/8 inches. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | during the past few months centering on N e w Hampshire and our close by neighboring states. Most of the...spend your spare time going off to your favorite mine, quarry or dump. Many of the own ers depend on...locality? Here is a good example — Ruggles Mine i n Grafton, N . H . T h i s mine is 560 world famous for it's...badly cut into the road in many areas closing the mine. These summer months are it's source of income to...one two inch specimen of gummite, uraninite or uranophane? T h e i r price at a dealer is three to twenty-five |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | - - ^ ^ ^ r ^ Mineral Occurrences ' ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED '&„. Abbreviations: xl— crystal...specimens from the Red Devil Mine, copper nuggets from the Kennecott mine, etc. and I can assure you that...the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...MINERALS and know the locality. This is where the new 4 lane Route 8 begins."—letter dated March 17, 1959...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline |
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Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA