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Dolomite from
Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76178:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘKnittlingen quarry, Knittlingen, Enzkreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘWattkopf tunnel, Ettlingen, Karlsruhe District, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘMain cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘMüllenbach U deposit, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘHeilbronn salt mine, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘGänsberg, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘSegen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
51.4km (31.9 miles) ⓘLimestone quarry, Nußloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
52.4km (32.5 miles) ⓘKochendorf salt mine, Kochendorf, Bad Friedrichshall, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘHartmann quarry, Mauer, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Joachim, Hermann; Paap, Andreas (1993) Die Grube Käfersteige im Würmtal südlich Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg) [The Käfersteige mine in the Würmtal valley south of Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg)]. Lapis, 18 (2). 13-24; 50
Meyer, M., Brockamp, O., Clauer, N., Renk, A., Zuther, M. (2000) Further evidence for a Jurassic mineralizing event in central Europe: K-Ar dating of hydrothermal alteration and fluid inclusion systematics in wall rocks of the Käfersteige fluorite vein deposit in the northern Black Forest, Germany. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 754-761 doi:10.1007/s001260050277
 
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