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Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Photo: machv83
Latitude: 48°20'N
Longitude: 8°20'E
Grube Sophia, Böckelsbachtal, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Barite-fluorite veins with Ag-Bi-Co-As-U mineralizations. Mine closed in 1939.

References

- Klaproth, M.H. (1802): Untersuchung des Pharmakoliths, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Dritter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 277-281
- Kirchheimer, F. (1951) : Die Uranerzvorkommen im mittleren Schwarzwald. Mitteilungsblatt der Badischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, 2-74 + 13 schedules (in German).
- Walenta, K. (1972): Die Sekundärmineralien der Co-Ni-Ag-Bi-U-Erzgänge im Gebiet von Wittichen im mittleren Schwarzwald. Aufschluß, 23, 279-329. (in German)
- Götz, W. (1986): Ein bemerkenswerter Eigenfund. Proustit und Silber von der Grube Sophia im Schwarzwald. LAPIS 11 (4), 34
- Weiss, S. (1990): Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West, Weise (Munich)
- Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes, Weise (Munich)

Mineral List

Abernathyite
Acanthite
Adamite
Agardite-(Y)
Alacránite
Annabergite
Aragonite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite (TL)
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Billietite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite

Chadwickite (TL)
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Cobaltkoritnigite
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Curite ?
Dolomite
Emplectite
Erythrite
Fluorite
Fourmarierite ?
Galena
Galenobismutite ?
Goethite
Gypsum
Haidingerite ?
Hallimondite
Hematite
Kamotoite-(Y)
Kasolite
Langite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Löllingite
Malachite
Metaheinrichite
Metakahlerite (TL)
Metakirchheimerite (TL)
Metanováčekite
Metauranospinite (TL)
Metazeunerite
Mixite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Pararammelsbergite ?
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac'
Pharmacolite (TL)
Picropharmacolite
Pitticite
Protasite
Proustite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Realgar
Rösslerite ?
Rutherfordine
Safflorite
Sainfeldite
Seelite
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stephanite ?
Symplesite
Tennantite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranospinite
Vandendriesscheite
Weilite
Wittichenite
Xanthoconite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zeunerite
Zippeite


96 entries listed. 92 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

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