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Pitchblende from
Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:169295
Long-form Identifier:1:3:169295:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSchmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘAnton Mine, Heubach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘGüte Gottes Mine, Zundelgraben, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘHerzog Friedrich Mine (incl. Neuglück Mine), Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
7.3km (4.6 miles) ⓘHilfe Gottes Mine, Stammelbach valley, Schiltach, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘClara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘGeigeshalde, Falkenstein valley, Schramberg, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘWaldstadion, Schramberg, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘSegen Gottes Mine (Gottes Segen Mine; Gottessegen Mine), Haslach im Kinzigtal, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘNußbach, Triberg im Schwarzwald, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Walenta, Kurt (1992) Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes und ihre Fundstellen. Christian Weise Verlag. 336 pp.
Meshik, A. P., Lippolt, H. J., Dymkov, Yu. M. (2000) Xenon geochronology of Schwarzwald pitchblendes. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (2) 190-205 doi:10.1007/s001260050015
Staude, Sebastian, Werner, Wolfgang, Mordhorst, Teresa, Wemmer, Klaus, Jacob, Dorrit E., Markl, Gregor (2012) Multi-stage Ag–Bi–Co–Ni–U and Cu–Bi vein mineralization at Wittichen, Schwarzwald, SW Germany: geological setting, ore mineralogy, and fluid evolution. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (3) 251-276 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4
 
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