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Scheelite from
Elephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, 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 Elephant Butte Mine, Elephant Butte area, Queen Valley, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:422154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:422154:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘSwede Mine (Swede Mine and Clark prospect; Old Swede Mine; Cole Tungsten prospect; Cole Tungsten group), Powers Gulch area, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘGabitzsch-Owens Mine (Gabitzsch-Owens Tungsten group), Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘRainbow group (Clark prospect; Clark claims), Powers Gulch, Top of the World, Summit Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘWagner Mine (Wagner group of claims; Wagner Tungsten group; Pinto Tungsten Mine; Pinto Mining Co. claims; Friend in Need vein; Red Bird claims), Pinto Creek, Granite Mountain area, Gila County, Arizona, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘSamsel Mine (Samsel group of claims; Samsel deposit; Utah Copper Gold claims; Pinal Tungsten Mines claims), Mays Gap area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘDays Peak area veins, Days Peak, Lost Gulch area, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘTungsten No. 1 Mine, Little Acres area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
39.0km (24.3 miles) ⓘBobtail Mine (Virginia Mine; Missouri Mine; Mariana Missouri Mine; Twentieth Century claims; Wisner-Glassburn property; Mariana property; Bobaway property; Doak group), Pinal Peak area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘWest Lake Mine (West Lake group of claims; Westlake Tungsten property; Westlake prospect; Merged Mines property; Del Ray Silver Mine; Moonshine area), Mays Gap area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘFalcon prospect (Falcon Tungsten prospect), Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
MRDS database Dep. ID #10109787, MRDS ID #M241228.
 
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