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Scheelite from
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Mining Field
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4 photos of Scheelite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414333:8
GUID (UUID V4):28bad586-cd8b-4780-9bde-0424806cb6e1
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
25.6km (15.9 miles) Bamford Hill Mines, Bamford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
37.5km (23.3 miles) Tommy Burns Mine, Petford, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
47.2km (29.3 miles) Tyroconnell Mine, Gibbs Creek, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
58.3km (36.2 miles) Redcap Creek skarn, Chillagoe, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
64.7km (40.2 miles) Mount Carbine Mine, Mount Carbine, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
68.5km (42.5 miles) Mount Garnet Mine, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
trip to Australia, the odyssey having included richly mineralized stops in Victoria, South Australia, New...topaz crystal from Mt. Gibson, Innot Hot Springs, Queensland; and amethyst crystals coating a crystal of fluorapatite...fluorapatite, from the Mt. Elliott mine in Queensland. Also there are a couple of miniatures of something...crystals of scheelite on massive black wolframite (ferberite?), from Dimbulah, Queensland. Both of the...New South Wales, Australia. Trinity Minerals specimen; John Veevaert photo. Scheelite on wolframite, 4
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum; ex Albert...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western
Report (issue)
commonly, bismuth and tin. Molybdenite, wolframite, scheelite, cassiterite and bismuthinite are the primary...greisen deposits and occurrences are known in Australia (Blanchard, 1947), Austria (God and Roller, 1989)...(Bamford, Changsu, Kingsgate, Preissac, Taehwa, Wolfram Camp, Wonban). Several of the largest are presently...former Soviet Union, China, Republic of Korea, and Australia. Nevertheless, the information available permits...association with isolated, anorogenic granite fields (Australia, Canada, China, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and
Report (issue)
List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index, p....Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration in molybdenite localities within Australia to define those occurrences which are most suitable...(1965) HIRT et al. (1963) Yethohne, N.S.W. Australia 65.0 65.9 63 & 1 65 f 1 71.4 f 3.6 Mapoka... Locality --_----_______ Queensland (QLD.) Wolfram Camp* 1 Wolfram Camp’ duplicate 2 Dimbulahb duplicete...intruding Ordivician scdimonts. Cassiterite, wolfram&e. As scattered flakes in a quartz vein occurring...Chalcopyrite acheelite. Bismuth, bismuthinite. Wolfram&e, arsenopyrite starmite, wofframite, galena. Chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1 1 Geoscience...College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia ian.graham@austmus.gov.au ross.pogson@austmus...New South Wales, Sydney New South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection...the finest crystallized specimens ever found in Australia, representing an important part of Australia’s...CHAPMAN Albert Chapman was born in Mackay, north Queensland, in 1912. His father was a sea captain and amateur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New South Wales, Broken Hill, Australia Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic submarine exhalative...3004, associated with granitic rocks. Maucher Australia (1972, 1976) suggested that the "younger" 00...their tungsten content from older stratabound scheelite deposits during granitisation. The stratiform...Cassiterite Association In Western Tasmania (Australia), a numb e r o f pyrrhotite +_ cassiterite ore...Willyama Complex of the Broken Hill district (Australia), bedded quartz-tourmaline rocks are present in
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...States Australasia: Queensland; New South Wales; Victoria; Tasmania; South Australia; Northern Territory;...Territory; ,vestern Australia; New Zealand . Africa: Union of South Africa; Rhodesia . . Anierica: Canada 15...200 268 84 • New South Wales 321 398 231 173 8 Queensland t 443 662 515 549 908 684 831 48 • Tasmania....Including the following amounts of mixed bismuth and wolfram : 19xo, 35 19i,. 194 1 Geological Survey of
Journal (issue)
Granular xlline. mass. 3x2x2 .•. ..••.• . .•. • 1.50 SCHEELITE, Nova Scotia. Crude xi. and masses in Quartz 2½x2¼...•••• 2.00 WOlFRAMITE, Trunb.111. Pseudo. after Scheelite xis. In rock. 2 ½x2 ½ • • 2.50 PYRITE, Park City... • • •.• 2.50 METEORITES: Siderite, Henbury, Australia. Complete. 187 grms.•..•.• 5.00 Siderlte, Magura...About 100 feec further, dirt road to abandoned CCC Camp. 10.2 miles. A long outcrop, about 200 feet in length...quant1t1es of gold and silver were exported co Australia. (Consul Winfield H . Scott, Suva.) Emperor Gold
Report (issue)
David Sinclair,2 and Earle B. Amey3 ABSTRACT Scheelite and wolframite are the principal minerals currently...declining output from individual deposits in Australia, Austria, and Portugal and the opening of new... It was subsequently joined by South Africa, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In 1997, ISMI was renamed...discussion of tungsten uses, see Stafford (1985).) Scheelite (CaWO4), often called “white ore,” and wolframite...the predominant ore minerals of tungsten. Pure scheelite contains 63.9 percent tungsten by weight. The
Report (issue)
States U nfederated Malay States • • . I .. Australia ••• New Zealand .• • • FOREIGN CO{lNTRIES : France...countries were the United States, Portugal, a,n d Queensland, sma.ller quwtities being obtained from Argentina... Bolivia, and Nev\-T Sout.h \~Tales. By 1911, wolfram mining was thoroughly esta,blished in Ta.v oy,...(Dutch East ;Indies), the Northern 'l'erritory of Australia, Tasmania, New . Zealand and Peru, while Germany...States (exports) U nfederated Malay States Australia: Wolfram and 205 182 4 - - 1,688 2.326 ' France
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisban, QLD 4072, Australia; z.han@uq.edu.au (Z.H.); m.edraki@cmlr...minerals of economic importance, are wolframite and scheelite. Secondary tungsten minerals are rare and generated...resources; mine waste; recycling; wolframite; scheelite Academic Editors: George Angelopoulos and Luis...considered a critical element in every region except Australia [7]. China started to dominate the world tungsten...sanmartinite [(Zn,Fe)WO4 ] [18], and scheelite group, including scheelite (CaWO4 ), and stolzite and raspite
Report (issue)
Definition and characteristics Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a very dense lustrous greyish-white to steel-grey...features are summarised in Table 1. Symbol W (wolfram) Atomic number 74 Atomic weight 183.84 Density...5 7.1-7.5 Hübnerite MnWO4 76.6 7.2-7.3 Scheelite CaWO4 80.6 5.4-6.1 Stolzite PbWO4 50.9 ...tungsten minerals are the monotungstates, such as scheelite (calcium tungstate, CaWO4), stolzite (lead tungstate...structure between two or more distinct substances. Scheelite is the most abundant tungsten mineral and is present
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Newfoundland ; Lee­ ward Islands Australasia: Australia; New Zealand I3 IS 17 20 35 CHAPTER III SOURCES...Wulfenite appears to be isomorphous with stolzite and scheelite, and often contains some lime, as well as small...metallic minerals in pegmatites are cassi­ terite, wolfram, molybdenite and bismuth, in the order given. Molybdenite...solidifying portion of the magma, with tin, tungsten, wolfram and sulphides, according to the ordinary laws of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicates, oxides, andphosphates. Metapelites (Wolfram schist) hosting $2subparallel exogranitic veins...1991a;New Mexico,Fulp andRenshaw, 1985;BrokenHill, Australia;Plimer, 1987, 1994; Hindu Kush, Pakistan,Leake...arethosein westernNamaqualand, SouthAfrica.Boththese Australia, Kwak,1978);vein,vein-stock'work, andgreisen de-...advocated. andbreccia pipedeposits (e.g.,WolframCamp,Queensland, In thispaper,field,petrologic, mineral,chemical...leucogranites and were commonly comprised of scheelite deposits occurring in re- subsequently affectedby
Report (issue)
found useful by those engaged in mining for Wolfram and Scheelite. considerable amount of attention has...Wales Wolfram Mines and 50 Occurences VTTa. „ „ Scheelite VIIb. ,, ,, Cupro-Scheelite Deposits...from Fielder's Hill Quarry, showing intrusion of Wolfram ore-rock in sedimentary rock. II.- Torrington Ore...Battery and Concentrating Plant ... III.- Rockvale Wolfram Company's Battery and Concentrating Plant (under...- Torrington Wolfram Proprietary's Battery and Concentrating Plant Y. Rockvale Wolfram Company's Hauling
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOME PIPE DEPOSITS ROLAND OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA. BLANCHARD. PAGE Abstract .................................................. 275 Bamford and Wolfram .................................................general classes: 1. Molybdenite-native bismuth, wolfram and cassiterite deposits in granite, with associatedsulphidesof...show the depositionalsequenceto be molybdenite-wolfram-cassiterite with progressive decreasein temperature...explanationfor reversal of the traditional cassiterite-wolfram-molybdenite sequenceis not arrived at, but it is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vasilkovskoe, Kazakstan Timbarra, NSW, Australia Kidston, Queensland, Australia Kori Kollo, Bolivia 2 15 Granodiorite...processes. Other metals that occur at the deposit, camp, or regional scale include tin, molybdenum, antimony...Vasilkovskoe in Kazakstan, Timbarra and Kidston in Australia, and Kori Kollo in Bolivia occur in regions known...generally <1 vol%. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, scheelite and chalcopyrite are less common and high-®neness...haloes to the veins and veinlets (MoraÂvek 1995). Scheelite is also present in amphibole-pyroxene hornfels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Interpreting the Granitoid Metallogeny of Eastern Australia: Implications for Gold-rich Ore Systems Phillip...Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Present address: Petrochem Consultants, PO Box...Box 1270, Tuggeranong, ACT, 2901, Australia [email: petrochem@tpg.com.au] Received on March 27, 2004; accepted...Abstract: Granitoids and related rocks of eastern Australia can be classified according to their metallogenic...the southern New England Orogen, and far north Queensland. Other fractionated suites tend to occur relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM IN QUEENSLAND C.G. MURRAY Geological Survey of Queensland, G.PO. Box 194, Brisbane...Brisbane, Qld. 4001 (Australia) (Accepted for publication F e b r u a r y 26, 1986) Abstract Murray, C.G....o p m e n t of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland. In: E. Scheibner (Editor), Metallogeny and T...T e c t o n i c Development of Eastern Australia. Ore Geol. Rev., 1: 315--400. The n o r t h e r n part...part of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland comprises three segments, the T h o m s o n , Hodgkinson--
Catalog/List
radiations on shale Mt Cobalt. Queensland, 5mm£2 ½x½ lx1£6 ERYTHRITE CoAsO Australia £4 lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 Piru...micro crystals on Jarosite ½x½ £3 Moculta South Australia FLUELLITE mostly with Apatite micros aswell Al...A White chalky veins in matrix Clinton, South Australia ½x ½ KINGITE AJP0/4 OH £1.20 Daik blue miao crystals...West lxl £1 lx2£2 LEPIDOLITE Mica Li quite rich Australia Sodium rich type. Cream coloured mass in Island...Pure grey-white nodular mass Rockwell, N.S.W. Australia Ix2£4 2x2£8 5mm0 Icm£5 --- ·- - - -- -
Catalog/List
CHROME CERUSS1TE. Kapi ~nG , Dundas , Tasmani'a , Australia. Sharp lust rous pale" yellowish crystals to 4...1-b<1" , £5 . 75p 51 . NATIVE GOLD. N. Terr ., Australia. Specimen"A : Bri ght gol den spec ~ a nd s mall...x . 2x1ix1 ", ,,,£11.00 66 . MOLYBDENITE . Wolfram Camp , Queensl and , l1ustrali a . Well formed gr'eyish"...crys1;allised Calcite • . 3x2~-Xl~" , ££l,. oo 00. SCHEELITE." Tong Wha , ChUngcllongpukdo Prov . , S. KOTea...single , crystal. 1-b<1~X1" , £26 . 00 , 8 1. SCHEELITE . NOrth fVtine , Devon Unite d Mines, Peter Tavy
Catalog/List
£4 Blue translucent cleavage Anakie. Queensland. Australia 3mm £2 (Madagascar) 1 x 1 inch £4 Good...pink crystals or radiations on shale Mt Cobalt, Queensland, Australia_______________ ____ Pinkish areas...White masses in grey magnetite Moculta South Australia 1cm £3 Kiruna Sweden '/a x Vi £5 1x1 £9 Pale...Boron, Kem County,California U.S.A Clinton, South Australia 1 x 'A £2 1x2 £5 Black crystallised and rich...Li__________ quite rich___________________________ Australia LEVYNE Na Cream coloured crystalline areas in
Catalog/List
crystals or radiations on shale Mt Cobalt. Queensland. Australia Sharp.clear. terminated crystal with one...sharp micro crystals on Jarosite Moculta South Australia 1cm £3 -~-I P0/4 _ - - - ·-- · __ mosll~Apatite...-·-White chalky veins in matrix Clinton, South Australia 1/, x ½ £ 1.20 One of the few rare, Scandium minerals...Micali ·-- -·- --- quite_rich ____ _ _ __ _ __ Australia - ·- ---- - --- - - - - ··· - - ·· 216 LEVYNE...2x2 £ I0 -·-· • . •·- _ __ • Rockwell. N.S.W. Australia _______ ___ _ Euboea Greece _ __ _ ·.. . Altermark
Catalog/List
SAPPHIRE Blue translucent cleavage Anakie, Queensland, Australia 3mm £3 AI O 90 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE Good areas...crystals or radialions on shale M t Cobalt. Queensland, AsO/4 .Australia ·-···· - -· ·· Co --· - - - - -·- l...-·- -- - - - -------------- ------ Weslem· ·•Australia •· -- -- --·- · -· -- . 2x3 £ 1 8 274 HU!\IITE...and masses in feldspar 2 1 4 LEPIDOLIT[ Mica Li Australia --- -· -··-quite rich _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ Cream coloured...Pure grey- white nodular mass Rockwell. N.S.W. Australia 258 MAGNESITE Mg CO/3 £ 1 .30 I x2 40p 2x2 80p
 
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