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Les Bois-Noirs Mine, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France

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(Mine des Bois-Noirs, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France)

Uranium mine. 60 000 tons of uranium metal have been worked out.





Mineral List:
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [P.-C. Guiollard (2002), L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Ed. P.-C. Guiollard, Fichous(64), 95 pp.]
  		•  Becquerelite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    6
    		O
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  β-Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
    Site Photo
    Les Bois-Noirs Mine, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
    © JM. Johannet
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Description: Replacing pitchblende.
    Reference: [P.-C. Guiollard (2002), L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Ed. P.-C. Guiollard, Fichous(64), 95 pp.]
  		•  Dewindtite
    Pb(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    3
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Les Bois-Noirs Mine, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
    © Paul Schumacher
  		•  Ianthinite
    U
    4+
     
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    5
    		O
     
    7
    		 · 10H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Kasolite
    Pb(UO
     
    2
    		)[SiO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Parsonsite
    Pb
     
    2
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Phosphuranylite
    (H
     
    3
    		O)
     
    3
    		KCa(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    7
    		[O|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Schoepite
    (UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    8
    		O
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    12
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Torbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [P.-C. Guiollard (2002), L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Ed. P.-C. Guiollard, Fichous(64), 95 pp.]
    Site Photo
    Les Bois-Noirs Mine, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
    © Paul De Bondt
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]
  		•  Uraninite
    var: Pitchblende
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [P.-C. Guiollard (2002), L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Ed. P.-C. Guiollard, Fichous(64), 95 pp.]
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Vandendriesscheite
    PbU
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Whewellite
    Ca[C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [P.-C. Guiollard (2002), L'uranium du Morvan et du Forez, Ed. P.-C. Guiollard, Fichous(64), 95 pp.]
  		•  Wyartite
    Ca[U
    5+
     
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)O
     
    4
    		(OH)](H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    7
    Reference: [Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série IV, 1998]


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