{"product_id":"uranium-ore-sample-faraday-madawaska-mine-faraday-township-hastings-county-ontario-canada","title":"Uranium Ore Sample - Faraday (Madawaska) Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a genuine piece of uranium ore from the Faraday Mine (later renamed Madawaska Mine) in Hastings County, Ontario, one of the most significant uranium-producing operations in the Bancroft area and a name deeply tied to Canada's mid-20th-century uranium mining history. The mine exploited uranium-bearing pegmatite deposits in the region, with a primary shaft eventually reaching 473 metres depth, and operated across two distinct production periods — 1954 to 1964, and again from 1976 to 1982 — yielding a combined 9 million pounds of U₃O₈ concentrate over its lifetime. Beyond uranium ore itself, the deposit is also known among collectors for producing calcite, ilmenite, kainosite-(Y), molybdenite, and uranophane specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat makes this particular piece special is its provenance: it comes directly from a miner who worked at the Faraday operation, accompanied by his own handwritten notes on a scrap of paper — informal, original documentation straight from someone who was actually underground at the mine rather than a formal label or after-the-fact research. This kind of firsthand, working-miner provenance is exactly the sort of thing that's disappearing from the market as the generation who worked these Bancroft-area uranium mines gets smaller every year, and it adds a genuine human and historical dimension that no amount of locality research can replicate. The original notes will be included with the specimen exactly as received.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAs with all radioactive specimens, standard handling and storage precautions apply — see our radioactive mineral policy for full details. For collectors of Canadian uranium mineralogy, Bancroft-area material, or mining history generally, a piece with documented, direct-from-the-source provenance like this is a genuinely uncommon find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox. specimen size: 120mm x 100mm x 50mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox. specimen weight: 756 grams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox. specimen activity on an SE International Ranger EXP: \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rad Man Minerals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54621106766108,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/5524\/1500\/files\/P9280154.jpg?v=1790636823","url":"https:\/\/radmanminerals.com\/products\/uranium-ore-sample-faraday-madawaska-mine-faraday-township-hastings-county-ontario-canada","provider":"Rad Man Minerals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}