Uranium Ore Summary

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Uranium Ore Summary

Below, I present a summary of the some common types of uranium ore.
I am not a geologist. Some data may be incorrect.

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. Selected Uranium Minerals Table (This is but a small summary of uranium minerals. For the BIG list, be sure and visit Uranium Minerals.com)
	Mineral Name	MW	mR/ hour	% Uran.	Characteristics	Chemical Formula Best Sources/ Facts
Simple Oxides
Grand Canyon, AZ	Uraninite	270	1.98	88 %	Color: Brownish black Color: Grayish black	UO₂ Uranium oxide, found in pegmatites Grafton, NH Mitchell County, NC
Lisbon Valley, UT	Pitchblende (uraninite)	na	na	88 %	Color: Black	UO₂ Uranium oxide, found in veins Great Bear Lake, NWT, Canada Colorado
Multiple Oxides
Jefferson Co, CO	Samarskite	300	0.40	16 %	Color: Black, Brown	(Y, Ce, U, Fe)₃(Nb, Ta, Ti)₅O₁₆Complex mixture of rare earth elements Urals, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, North Carolina
Phosphates
	Phosphuranylite	2614	1.54	64 %	Color: Yellow	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄ · 8H₂O Hydrous calcium uranium phosphate Spruce Pine, NC Grafton, NH
Uranates
Spokane, WA	Autunite	986	1.23	48 %	Color: Greenish yellow	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ . 10-12H₂O Hydrous calcium uranium phosphate
	Becquerelite	1970	1.72	72 %	Color: Yellow	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆ · 8H₂O Calcium uranate
	Carnotite	902	1.29	53 %	Color: Yellow	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 1-3H₂O Hydrous potassium uranium vanadate
	Curite	3006	1.44	63 %	Color: Yellow, Red-Orange	Pb₃ + x(H₂O)₂[(UO₂)₄ + x(OH)_3-x]₂ Lead uranate
Kolwezi, Congo	Torbernite	992	1.22	48 %	Color: Dark emerald green	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ · 10H₂O Hydrous copper uranium phosphate
	Tyuyamunite	918	1.29	52 %	Color: Yellow	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 5-8H₂O
Silicates
Amboy, CA	Uranophane	586	1.06	41 %	Color: Yellow	Ca(UO₂)₂Si₂O₇ · 6H₂O Hydrated calcium uranium silicate New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Utah, New Mexico Finest specimens: Shinkolobwe, Zaire, Africa
	Soddyite	668	1.69	71 %	Color: Yellow	(UO₂)₂SiO₄ · 2H₂O Hydrous uranium silicate
Katanga, Congo	Cuprosklodowskite	862	1.36	55 %	Color: Light emerald green	Cu(UO₂)₂Si₂O₇ . 6H₂O
Namibia	Boltwoodite	429	1.37	55 %	Color: Bright yellow	K₂(UO₂)₂(SiO₃)₂(OH)₂ . 3H₂O Hydrated potassium uranyl silicate hydroxide
Combination Oxides, Silicates and Hydrates
All photos are from items sold on eBay.	Gummite	na	Varies	Varies	Color: Reddish yellow	Uranium oxides, plus water Grafton, NH Mitchell County, NC
120	120	40	40	40	160	340
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DISCLAIMER
The author knows very little about nuclear radiation.
Although the author has tried to be as accurate as possible, errors are possible.

I could not find a uranium ore summary like the above. So, I made this uranium ore description summary chart, to help myself understand the rock sources. I hope that it helps you.

I am an electronics engineer by trade, who knows little about geology. Please verify all data above.

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This Vaughns Uranium Ore summary web page was updated on 2007-05-30.