Scheelite occurs in contact metamorphic skarns; in high-temperature hydrothermal veins and greisen; less commonly in granite pegmatites. Temperature and pressure of formation is between 200 to 500 °C and from 200 to 1,500 bars. Typical mineral association includes cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, fluorite, apatite, tourmaline, quartz, grossular–andradite, diopside, vesuvianite and tremolite.

 

Scheelite usually occurs in tin-bearing veins; and is sometimes found in association with gold. Fine crystals have been obtained from Caldbeck Fells in Cumbria, Zinnwald/Cínovec and Elbogen in Bohemia, Guttannen in Switzerland, the Riesengebirge in Silesia, Dragoon Mountains in Arizona and elsewhere. At Trumbull in Connecticut and Kimpu-san in Japan large crystals of scheelite completely altered to wolframite have been found: those from Japan have been called “reinite.” It was mined until 1990 at King Island, Australia, Glenorchy in Central Otago and Macraes Flat in North Otago and also at The Golden Bar mine at Dead Horse Creek during World War 1 in Nelson, New Zealand. There is a high concentration of Scheelite in Northeast of Brazil, mainly in the Currais Novos mine in Rio Grande do Norte State.

 

A scheelite concentrator in Jiangxi handles with fine disseminated skarn scheelite, lead and zinc sulfide ore polymetallic ores. Twice hand-election and abandon waste after crushing ore, preconcentration for tungsten ore. Firstly after passing through the grinding sulfide ore flotation, comprehensive recovery of copper, lead, zinc sulfide ore flotation tailings into the scheelite flotation, roughing with collectors 731 and 733, with sodium carbonate and water glass as a modifier, using once coarse-triple sweep-once selection conducted coarse crystal scheelite flotation. Stirring at a higher concentrations of sodium silicate in a long time (about 40min) then a normal selection of scheelite, through once roughing- twice sweep-five times selection, get qualified scheelite concentrate, middlings returns.