Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10218849
Alternate namesTabb No. 1 Shaft, Wheatcroft Shaft, Brownward Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.21757, -88.11943
References
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