New Hampshire · Grafton · Ready
Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting
Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting is a Ready rockhounding record in Grafton, New Hampshire. The recorded activity or material is mica, feldspar, beryl, quartz, garnet and associated pegmatite minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is Ruggles Mine. Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
What is Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting?
Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting is a Ready rockhounding record in Grafton, New Hampshire. The recorded activity or material is mica, feldspar, beryl, quartz, garnet and associated pegmatite minerals. The recorded manager or operating context is Ruggles Mine.
What rocks, minerals, fossils or collecting interests are associated with it?
The record lists mica, feldspar, beryl, quartz, garnet and associated pegmatite minerals. This description is tied to this atlas entry and should be read together with the access status below.
Can I collect at Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting?
Ready. Current 2026 operator page says the mine is open to the public Thu-Sun for mineral collecting and permits up to a five-gallon bucket per paid admission.
Ready means the current evidence supports the modeled activity, but visitors should still recheck current posted rules, closures, hours, fees, claims, collecting limits and site-specific notices before travel.
Where is this record located?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
Recorded destination: 286 Underhill Rd, Grafton, NH 03240
Who manages the place or provides the evidence context?
The recorded manager or context is Ruggles Mine.
What evidence supports this status?
The record was last reviewed on 2026-08-30. Evidence and management context: Ruggles Mine. Current named New Hampshire collecting program passes authority/access/retention gates. Program or rule context: PRIVATE_MANAGED_MINE_COLLECTING.
Program or rule context: PRIVATE_MANAGED_MINE_COLLECTING
How precise is the map marker?
Navigation uses the recorded public destination or address for Ruggles Mine — Public Mineral Collecting. The destination is a travel reference, not a specimen-level promise or a substitute for current access rules.
What should I verify before going?
- Current land ownership and the exact parcel or managed activity footprint.
- Posted closures, seasonal restrictions, opening hours, fees and permit requirements.
- Mining claims, mineral rights, private-property boundaries and road or trail access.
- Whether the material and collecting method you intend to use are actually allowed.
- Current safety conditions, including weather, fire, water, tides, unstable workings, traffic and other site-specific hazards.
When was this information last checked?
The recorded review date is August 30, 2026. Treat that date as the evidence snapshot used for this classification. Conditions can change after review, so field decisions should use the newest posted rules and manager information.
Is a map pin the same as collecting permission?
No. A map pin answers a navigation or geographic-context question. The status and evidence answer the permission question. Exact coordinates, public destination addresses and approximate county or regional context are deliberately kept separate so geographic precision is not confused with legal authority.