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Scheelite from
Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Comments:Original descriptions by Bowen (1822) match the occurrence of scheelite associated with pseudomorphs of ferberite after scheelite unique to Lane's Mine of Trumbull, also worked at the time by Ephraim Lane. Samples were sold and shipped to Silliman, he did not collect them. Origin was eventually cleared up by Hitchcock and Silliman (1826).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87124
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87124:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBooth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
References
Dana 6: 13 & 62
Dana 7:I:606.
Bowen (1822)
Hitchcock and Silliman (1826)
 
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