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Scheelite from
Shadow Creek Mine (Nidever group; Fortuna claims; Crown Point claims; Tal Vez claims), Banner Peak, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, 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 Shadow Creek Mine (Nidever group; Fortuna claims; Crown Point claims; Tal Vez claims), Banner Peak, Minarets Mining District (Mountain Mining District; Raymond Mining District; Minaret Mining District), Ritter Range, Madera County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328334
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328334:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘLaurel Creek occurrence (Surprise and Old Timer groups), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘHard Point Mine (Lloyd; Sibyl; Red Bluff; Bloody Mountain Tungsten group: Free Gold; Joe claims; Laurel Creek prospect), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘSeptember claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘChurch and Jones prospect (Ghost Canyon), Madera Peak (Jackass Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘWalker group (Sumet and Sunnyside No. 2), Madera Peak (Jackass Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘMono Tungsten group (Saddlebag Lake group), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘTiptop prospect, McGee Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘScheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
37.9km (23.5 miles) ⓘHilton Creek Mine (Nicoll Hilton Creek Mine; Milton Creek prospect; Filipelli prospect pits; Hilton Creek project; Phelps Hilton Creek Mine), Mount Morgan, Mono County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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