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Scheelite from
Natalka Au deposit, Omchak gold field, Magadan Oblast, Russia


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 Natalka Au deposit, Omchak gold field, Magadan Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:571663
Long-form Identifier:1:3:571663:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
42.7km (26.5 miles) ⓘDegdekan Au deposit, Tenkinsky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia
References
Goryachev, N. A. and M. L. Gelman (2001) Granitoids of the Okhotsk-Kolyma Divide and Related Ore Mineralization. pp5-28 in Khanchuk, A.I., Gonevchuk, G.A. & Seltmann, R. (Eds) Metallogeny of the Pacific Northwest (Russian Far East): Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Active Continental Margins. IAGOD Guidebook series 11, Dalnauka Publishing House, Vladivostok 2004, 176 p
Goryachev, N. A., Vikent’eva, O. V., Bortnikov, N. S., Prokof’ev, V. Yu., Alpatov, V. A., Golub, V. V. (2008) The world-class Natalka gold deposit, northeast Russia: REE patterns, fluid inclusions, stable oxygen isotopes, and formation conditions of ore. Geology of Ore Deposits, 50 (5) 362-390 doi:10.1134/s1075701508050024
 
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