Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1973
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10168929
Alternate namesGreene Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.56337, -88.22423
References
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