Mine detail: Spivey Mine

Previously called 'Greene Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.56337, -88.22423

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Zinc, Lead
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1973

Geology

References

MAS170690127
DEP10168929
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