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Scheelite from
Tyler Creek Mine (Western Exploration; National Tungsten; Verne Tyler; Bull Point), California Hot Springs, Tulare County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Comments:Occurs in tactite as large quantities of well-formed crystals in a matrix of a fine-grained, slightly coherent mass of minute plates of phlogopite. Crystals average 11 mm along veinlets of crystalline laumontite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Laumontite
Phlogopite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tyler Creek Mine (Western Exploration; National Tungsten; Verne Tyler; Bull Point), California Hot Springs, Tulare County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:335569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:335569:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘBlue Ridge Tungsten Mine (Blue Ridge), Galley Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘBilly Boy group, Pine Flat, Tulare County, California, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘAnita May prospect, Panorama Heights, Tulare County, California, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘTungstore Mine (Krebs and Martin Mine; Kennedy Mine; Jack Ranch Mine), Posey, White River Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘIndian occurrence, White River (Tailholt), White River Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘCredow Mountain Mine (Credow Mountain Tungsten), Fountain Springs, Tulare County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘRimrock Mine, White River area, White River Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘTungstore No. 2 Mine, White River area, White River Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘWoody Mine, Woody (Weringdale), Woody Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘWhite River Lode Mine (White River lode), White River (Tailholt), White River Mining District, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Anonymous (1957), California Division of Mines, Mineral Information Service: 10(5): 6-7
Goodwin, Joseph Grant (1958), Mines and mineral resources of Tulare County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology (Report 54): 54(3): 366-369
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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