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Scheelite from
Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:290463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:290463:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘBuckingham mine (Hardy mine; Bentley mine; O'Leary mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect (MRDS10094669), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘVail placer, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘCopper King mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘCarissa pit, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
25.8km (16.1 miles) ⓘOre Drag mine, Tobin and Sonoma Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘGeorge Shwin Prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘTrue American Mine, Tobin and Sonoma Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘGrey Eagle mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘMoly prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Schilling, John H. (1979) Molybdenum resources of Nevada. Open-File Report 1979-03. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Castor, Stephen B.; Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology 512pp.
 
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