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Scheelite from
White Elephant Mine, Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
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 White Elephant Mine, Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900062
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900062:9
GUID (UUID V4):fbfca578-c055-44c4-9e41-bd9b24db88c5
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
82.6km (51.3 miles) โ“˜Lucky Mike tungsten occurrence, Swakum Mountain, Merritt area, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
87.1km (54.1 miles) โ“˜Highland Bell Mine, Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
88.2km (54.8 miles) โ“˜Crystal Peak (Mount Riordan) garnet deposit, Apex Mountain, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
96.6km (60.0 miles) โ“˜Goodhope Mine, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
97.4km (60.5 miles) โ“˜Oregon Mine (French Mine), Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
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Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Report (Issue volume)
Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH, Director DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SHELDON L. GLOVER, Supervisor...would be as useful to the mining industry as they have proved to be to the Division of Mines and Geology and...and expense involved are justified and that the mining industry will find that having this material readily...accumulating steadily since 1853, when the first mine (a coal property) was developed. Actually it antedates...During the 90 years or more that prospecting and mining have been active, a vast amount of information
Report (issue)
Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys between...described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...AOF B BMB C GC 1C OF MF P RI TDM USBM OF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys OpenFile...Bulletin U.S. Geological Survey Circular Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor...have been found in 1915, but no further mention of mining or prospecting. About a mile above mouth of creek
Report (issue)
Ontario, Canada and R. M. THOMPSON The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada NEW YORK...dolomite, siderite, minerals of the wolframite and scheelite groups, and quartz are included. Many new determinations...followed by UBC are on file at the University of British Columbia. An asterisk following the film number indicates...(ROM); F. A. Bannister, G. F. Claringbull, and the British Museum (Natural History) (BM); G. Aminoff, F. E...(QU); R. M. Thompson and the University of British Columbia (UBC); E. W. Nuffield and the University of
Report (issue)
Professor Edwin H . Oshier, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering, made the photographs included in this...laboratory work. 1 - Mr. Peter G. Embrey of the British Museum (Natural History) and Dr. Joseph Mandarino...7 Bibliography . . . . . 229 Appendix: 252 Mine Index iii NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS CHEMICAL...Museum of Natural History G H N,E.O,X,Y, Z British Museum (Natural History) RC Roberts Collection...Outside the United States the collections of the British Museum (Natural History) and the Royal Ontario
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BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES Hon. E. C. CARSON, Minister . JOHN F. WALKER, Deputy Minister...No. 10 - (REVISED) Tungsten Deposits of British Columbia hl JOHN S. STEVENSON and Staff of Department... Thornhill Mt............ 13 Black Bvll .. 14. White Bluffs ........! 15 Lucky Luke 16 Cordillera .....Silver Cup -. 28 Ada and Silver ......... 2 9 Columbia rungstens Lfd 30 lrland Mounfain ...... 31 C a...SHOWING PRINCIPALTUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA . 0 sa I_ XALE I MILES Key map showing
Journal (issue)
MINING WORLD CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER Blue Pages Pink Section Yellow Pages DIRECTORY INDEX...231-26] > 68 United States Mining in 1960 State-by-state report from and MINING to zinc Alaska to Wyoming...Shipments by mines for 1958, 1959, 1960 B96 Open Pit Mine Production ef 3 Technological ; Advances Tons...Tons mined and stripped & 99 Underground Mine Production from 1955 through 1960 > 101 Geology and...โ€”==erererr Ofslo(Seep colitetol Mining Open Pit Mining World-Wide Mining Reports Africa-Asia-Caribbean-Europe
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BEREFLEY CADFOMMWA FO BOK D6 KELLOGG (AMO 307 DIVISION ST + LONDON W | >FNGLANO 190 PC A Wh FRANCE SOCHTE...this explain why Hydroseals Tee IN THE MAJOR MINING PUMPS PROTECTED CENTERS OF THE WORLD Most...machines like the โ€œCaterpillarโ€ Diesel products mining throughout the world. Tractors. Bulldozers, Motor...repiling bauxite and loading trucks for Reynolds Mining Corporation, near Hurricane Creek, Arkansas. CATERPILLAR...JJ SYD)! te up in a wooden pail. Missouri lead mine about 1890. โ€”_โ€”โ€” ; eee if atOT ace | | Horse
Journal (issue)
with the Friends of Mineralogy John S. White, Jr. Division o f M ineralogy The Sm ithsonian Institution................. Paul E. Desautels Supervisor, Division o f M ineralogy The Sm ithsonian Institutio n...niversity Peter G. Embrey C urator o f M inerals The British Museum (N atural H istory) Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogist...Mineralogist departments circulation manager Mary Lynn White design & composition Bowie Graphic A rt Services...Record costs $6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year
Report (volume)
of Science A. I. M. E____ American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk---. Aardrijkskundig...diagram Direcci6n Dissertation district distribution division Doctoral, Document Doctoral Dissertation dolomite...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining min. res_ _ _ _ _ mineral resources Mineralog_____...Brunswick. Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada vols. 25, nos. 1, 3, 4, 6-10, 12; 26, nos. 3, 5...American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions 134, 136-139; Mining and Metallurgy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary phosphate minerals. Although some pegmatite mining for feldspar still continues (Jacobson 1994). the...except for the Homestake mine, which has operated for more than 120 years, most mining in the area peaked in...and fewer chances to obtain any. However, some mining, mineral exploration, and mineral collecting continues...I946 FiridofGt~rnSphultirite ut IIIP Bulinut Zinc Mine, St. Luwrence County, tditor of NPW b r k โ€ unrl...crystals, some kunzite). staurolite. Big Spar No. I mine, 2.25 mi. W. o f Custzr, SWX scc. 2 I , T.3S.. R
Book (volume)
rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California;...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral localities:...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson) 15:8994...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE
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Oregon and from out-of-state-for such information on mining properties has shown the present need for such...reasonable time information that is of value to the mining industry, that it is deemed best to issue this...geology of the state, an index map showing the mining divisions of the state as covered by the several...eastern Oregon that the greatest number of active mining operations are being carried on at the present...Along Oregon's northern border the picturesque Columbia river runs for 300 miles, itself a transยญ portation
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 MINING INGINDRS' HANDBOOK. Volume I and 11 by Peele ....ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท GAP NICKEL MINE ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...TI!e occurrence is on the property of the Sunset Mining Co., about 20 miles southeast of Superior, in the...calcite ยทwith the MineraJight, the ore veins of the mine, copper and gold, ,vere located. The calcite does...examined with the Mineralight. The blue color of scheelite, which is so characteristic under the Mineralight
Report (volume)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Division of responsibility - - - - - - - ..- - - - - -...- - - - - - - _- - - - - - - - - - - Green Butte mine------------------------------------56 ---------...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Nikolai mine- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE1. Maps of Alaska showing mining regions and districts, physiographic provinces... . . . . . . . I n pocket FIGURES1-35. Maps of mining regions and districts of Alaska showing locations
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Book (edition)
a thou- sand localities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico where gems have been and can be found...Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada and Mexico. What you cannot collect in person you...ability to disperse or split is the product of the white light into its constit- uent colors, so that...Apatite, a phosphate, can be identified by the white pre- formed when a few drops of sulphuric acid...coated with a film that is yellow when hot and white when etches the side of the tube, leaving differentiate
Book (volume)
56 et), Sweet Hume 1\1inc, Colorado; eolorless scheelite (19.66 cc), Kern Cowny, California; octagonal...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout...promising diamond fields being vigorously explored in Canada and the United States. Experts agree that in several...kimberlite bodies, most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph
Report (issue)
LG001 Site name(s): Troublesome Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: LG001 Latitude: 65.506 Quadrangle: LGC-6...accuracy: Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 62. This placer mine is along Troublesome Creek, just below the mouth...(Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 146). Both prospecting and mining have been reported (Mertie, 1934, p. 192). A sample...LG001 Workings/exploration: Both prospecting and mining have been reported (Mertie, 1934, p. 192). Production...Production notes: Both prospecting and mining have been reported, but there is no data on production (Mertie
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...represents the class, the second (alphabetic) a division. Often the names of generally used mineral groups...detailed using five characters: for a class, a division, a subdivision, and two numeric digits at the... with all The color of most opaque minerals is white or gray in possible intermediate gradations. Luster...USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada, generally well known to readers. However, the
Book
The History of Mining in British Columbia By G.W. TAYLOR NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LIBRARY...fmOOOOtayl AUIIK The History of Mining in British Columbia By G.W. Taylor hancock house Copyright...ISBN 0-919654-87-8 1. Mineral industries โ€”British Columbia โ€” History. I. Title. II. Series. HD9506.C23B78...Avenue South SEATTLE, WA. 98168 Introduction: The Mine Finders. 7 1 Golden Future.11 2 Cariboo Fever. 29...Island.87 6 Province-Wide Black Diamonds.107 7 Mining in the Kootenays (1880-1900).123 8 The Birth of
Report (issue)
government and private sectors, discussions with mine operators, and the firsthand knowledge of the authors...made of claim records maintained by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and claim...professional col leagues and by current and former mine operators. The "central Alaska region" as considered...CATEGORY A MINE is defined as a mineral deposit with recorded production, however smal1: M mine with known...known or probable activity since I960; m mine with no known activity since I960. A PROSPECT is defined
Journal (issue)
content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N.H.) London, England Richard C. Erd U...Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Abraham Rosenzweig Tampa, FL Richard...Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur Roe Univ. of Arizona, Tucson Abraham Rosenzweig...Pocket,โ€ a recreation of a pocket in the Elmwood mine near Carthage, Tennessee. A space of several cubic...golden yellow calcites, lustrous sphalerites and white barite clusters. In the following succession of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is approached. 500 G. M. FURNIVAL The "White Elephant Rock" near Salem, India, was first mentioned...introduction of garnet, apatite, wolframite, scheelite and chalcopyrite. Biotite, tourmaline and zircon...the Great Bear Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada. These occur in the region from Fort Rae to Bathurst...Large quartz veins of Great Bear Lake, N.W.T., Canada: Econ' Geol , 30,843-859 (1935). r{ ILu,t, A. L...the ore deposits in the GeorgeJ. town, Colorado, mining district: U.S.G.S., BuIl.260, 104 (1905). a2LtwocnrN
 
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