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Scheelite from
Strategic and Tungsten Mine (Old Lady Smith; Montana; Flagstaff; Friday; Ladysmith; Snowshoe Gulch; Strategic; Arnold; ; Boulder Ores; Inc. - Helena; Mont.; Boulder Ores Group), Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, 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 Strategic and Tungsten Mine (Old Lady Smith; Montana; Flagstaff; Friday; Ladysmith; Snowshoe Gulch; Strategic; Arnold; ; Boulder Ores; Inc. - Helena; Mont.; Boulder Ores Group), Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:500902
Long-form Identifier:1:3:500902:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘSnowshoe Gulch Tungsten Property (Shamrock; Friday; Snowbird; Boulder Ore; Montana Old Lady Smith; Arnold Bielenberg; Strategic), Ophir Mining District, Powell County, Montana, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘPotratz Prospect, Ophir Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘWindy Ridge Prospects, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘOttawa Mine (Prentice Property), Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘDrumlummon Mine, Marysville Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘGreenhorn Creek (Evans-Jones Placer; Skelly and Davis Gulches), Greenhorn Mining District (Austin Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘAnderson Prospect, Blue Cloud Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘBlue Cloud Occurrence, Blue Cloud Mining District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘColorado Gulch Deposits, Boulder Mountains Area, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘIndependent Prospect, Helena Mining District (Spring Hill Mining District), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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