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Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

(Schmiedestollenhalde, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)

The most famous dump of the Wittichen area, heavily worked over.
It does not belong to an actual mine, but was driven to haul ores from the nearby Alt St Joseph and Gnade Gottes mines, to which it is connected underground.



References:
- Walenta, K. (1976): Die Sekundärmineralien der Co-Ni-Ag-Bi-U-Erzgänge im Gebiet von Wittichen im mittleren Schwarzwald. Der Aufschluß, 23, 279-329 (in German).
- Walenta, K. (1987): Wittichen. Lapis 12 (7/8), 13-55 (in German).
- Walenta, K.: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
- Heintz, J.C. (1990). "La halde de la "Schmiedestollen" à Wittichen, Forêt Noire." Minéraux et Fossiles(179), 15-19.

- http://wittichen.strahlen.org/





Map Reference: 48°20'13"N , 8°20'29"E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Agardite-(Nd)
Anglesite
Annabergite
Arseniosiderite
Asbolane
Atelestite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Beyerite
Bieberite ?
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
Brochantite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Cobaltkoritnigite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Cuprite
Delafossite
Devilline
Digenite
Dussertite
Emplectite
Enargite
Erythrite
Eulytine
Ferrisymplesite
Heinrichite
Hematite
Heterogenite
var: Heubachite

Kaatialaite
Langite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Limonite
Linarite
Luzonite
Malachite
Metaheinrichite
Metazeunerite
Mimetite
Mixite
Moorhouseite
Nováčekite-I
Olivenite
Orpiment
Orthowalpurgite (TL)
Parnauite
Pitticite
Posnjakite
Preisingerite
Quartz
Realgar
Richelsdorfite
Rooseveltite
Safflorite
Schultenite
Segnitite
Silver
Sphaerobismoite (TL)
Strashimirite
Tyrolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Uranophane
Uranospinite
'Wad'
Walpurgite
Wittichenite
Wölsendorfite
Zeunerite


79 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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