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Scheelite from
Comeback Consolidated Mine (Bear Creek Mine; Summers Mine), Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Comments:Occurs in calcite vein(s).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comeback Consolidated Mine (Bear Creek Mine; Summers Mine), Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:325575
Long-form Identifier:1:3:325575:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
17.4km (10.8 miles) Rubicon occurrence [1], Quintette, El Dorado County, California, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Williams prospect, Somerset, Fairplay Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) Grizzley Flat deposit (Sciaroni; Candor; Pierce), Happy Valley, Grizzly Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
45.0km (27.9 miles) Rubicon Mining Company property, Little Steamboat Mountain, Tahoe Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
45.5km (28.3 miles) Amador Mine (Amador Consolidated claims; Amador lode; Amanda Mine), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) Bullion Consolidated Mine (Bullion Con; Bullion Mine; La Bruja; Union Jack Mine; Smuggler Mine), Diamond - Bullion - Alaska Mine group (Consolidated Bullion Mine; Diamond claim; Bullion claim; Alaska claim; Union Jack claim; Galena claim; Ione claim; Big Diamond vein; Galena-Bullion vein; Alaska vein), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) Banner and Central Mine (Central Mine; Lava Cap Mine; Assissi Quartz Mine), Lava Cap-Banner-Central group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
48.7km (30.3 miles) Union Hill Quartz Mine (Union Hill Qtz; Gold Point; Centennial/Lucky/Cambridge; Union Hill vein; Cambridge-Lucky vein; Creek-Tungsten vein), Idaho-Maryland group, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Empire Mine (Empire vein), Empire Star group (Empire Star Mines Company holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) Idaho-Maryland Mine (Idaho Maryland prospect; Maryland Mine; Howard Hill/Morning Dew; Idaho Maryland-Brunswick), Idaho-Maryland group, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
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