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Scheelite from
Fawn Creek prospect, Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
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 Fawn Creek prospect, Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:710497
Long-form Identifier:1:3:710497:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘBattle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) ⓘValley View mine (Owl claim; Hankins property), Road Canyon area, Valley View Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘStar Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine), Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘClimax Mine (Baldwin lease), Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘLakeview Mine, Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘS. & L. Mother No. 1 claim, Harrison Pass Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
47.2km (29.3 miles) ⓘAtlantic prospect (Black Forest; Nevada Monarch Consolidated), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘMonarch property, Charleston Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘMonarch mine (Spruce Monarch mine; Monarch-Black Forest mine), Spruce Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) ⓘDavis tunnel, Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
USGS Open-File Report 76-56
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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