Ruggles Mine
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Details: This is a fee-pay site that you can look for mica, feldspar, beryl, and uranium minerals during the day. Additionally there are 150 other minerals including amethyst, garnet, and rose quartz. Sounds great to me! It seems like it is open in the middle of May until September or October. For more up-to-date details go to their website: http://www.rugglesmine.com/index.html
Directions:
From Concord or Manchester:
North on Interstate 93 to exit 17. West on Route 4 to Grafton.
From New London:
Route 11 east to Route 4. West on Route 4 to Grafton.
From Lebanon:
Interstate 89 to exit 17. East on Route 4 to Grafton.
From The North Country:
South on Interstate 93 to exit 23. West on Route 4 to Grafton.
I searched for Ruggles Mine on Google Earth and placemarked what turned up. I don't know if that is the exact spot.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 43°34'49.06"N, 71°59'42.95"W)
or (43.580294, -71.995263)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is intended to be approximate or best guess.)
Mindat Link: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3281.html
Tags: Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, Grafton County, mica, beryl, feldspar, uranium, uraninite, schorl, amethyst, rose quartz, garnet, almandine, almandine garnet, muscovite, gummite, zircon, Pyrrhotite, fluorapatite, biotite, autunite
