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Scheelite from
Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee shaft), Government Peak, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Comments:Spotty. As deposits along foliation in the Early Proterozoic Pinal Schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee shaft), Government Peak, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:170666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:170666:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘRam claims, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘAustin Mine, Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘSilver Bell prospect (Silver Bell claims; Ella shaft), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘRough claims (Rough No. 1 and No. 2 claims), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘComstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine; Cohen Tungsten Mine; Adams Mine), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘComstock Mine, Dos Cabezas Mining District (Two Heads Mining District), Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘHilltop Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘTexas Mine group, Galeyville, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘColumbia Mine, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘGaleyville Mines, Galeyville, California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Keith, Stanton B. (1973), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 187: 72 (Table 4)
Drewes, H., et al (1988), Volcanic and structural controls on mineralization in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, southeastern AZ, USGS Bull. 1676: 29.
 
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