Commodities
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1941
Discovery year1842
Identification
Deposit ID10217803
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.41977, -88.35944
References
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