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Scheelite from
Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


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Scheelite

Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Comments:Occurs accompanied by considerable molybdenite at contact granite and metamorphic rocks; also with powellite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Molybdenite
Powellite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9815
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9815:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘTungstar Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLakeview Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMolly Tungstite claims (Blue Grouse Mine), Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLambert Mine (Irons property), Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMountain Basin occurrence, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘAdamson Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘBrownstone Mine, Scheelite, Bishop Mining District (Tungsten Hills Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘRound Valley Peak occurrence, Round Valley Peak, Inyo County, California, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘHanging Valley Mine (F. R. Lee lease; Hanging Valley; Millovich prospect; J. and M. group), Mount Tom (Mt. Tom), Inyo County, California, USA
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘSunnyboy Mine (Sunny Boy), Mount Tom (Mt. Tom), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Knopf, Adolf (1917a), Tungsten deposits of northwestern Inyo County California: USGS Bulletin 640: 229-249
Tucker, W. Burling (1921), Los Angeles field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 301
Hess, Frank L. & Esper S. Larsen (1922), Contact-metamorphic tungsten deposits of the United States: USGS Bulletin 725: 275
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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