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Scheelite from
Unnamed W occurrence (4), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
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 Unnamed W occurrence (4), Dunderberg Peak (Castle Peak), Castle Peak Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:682756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:682756:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘMono Tungsten group (Saddlebag Lake group), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘSeptember claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘDorothy Lake Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘEleven Kids prospect, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
33.9km (21.0 miles) ⓘBigelow prospect (Bigelow group; McMahon), Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘMontezuma Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘSnow Lake prospect, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
34.7km (21.5 miles) ⓘBuckskin Mine, Snow Lake, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘHigh Sierra claim, Sachse Monument, Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne County, California, USA
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘHefler Tungsten Mine (Homestead; Hilltop; and Hillside claims), Masonic Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
References
Kerr, Paul Francis (1946), Tungsten mineralization in the United States Geological Society of America Memorandum 15, 241 pp.: 160
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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