West End Mine

The West End Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: West End Mine
Secondary: Stibnite Mine
Secondary: Stibnite Prospect
Secondary: West End Group
Secondary: West End Creek Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Yellow Pine District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Pegasus Gold Corp.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Pioneer Metals Corp.
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Stibnite Mine Inc. (Sub Of Dakota Mining Corp.)
Company ID: 1001375
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Dakota Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1986 -

Production

Year: 1991
Mined: 863639.000 mt
Year: 1992
Mined: 738448.000 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1993
Mined: 82553.000 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1994
Year: 1995
Mined: 493508.000 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1996
Mined: 840960.000 mt
Material type: ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1986
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES; 12/31/96.

Comment (Ownership): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION ACQUIRED 50% INTEREST IN MINE FROM PIONEER METALS CORPORATION, 1986. THE REMAINING 50% INTEREST FROM PEGASUS GOLD CORPORATION IN 1991.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES FOR 1993 FROM RANDOL 1993/94.

References

Reference (Deposit): DAKOTA MINING CORP. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P12, FORM 10-K, P26.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996-97, U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES, P201. (SEE ALSO RANDOL 1994/95 DIRECTORY, P274).

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, 1996 FORM 10-K (A), P22.

Reference (Deposit): CURRIER, 1935, IBMG PAMP 43.

Reference (Deposit): IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL.

Reference (Production): DAKOTA MINING CORPORATION, FORM 10-K (A), P20.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKOTA MINING CORP., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DAKOTA MINING CORP., 1995 FORM 10-K, P26.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V106 N29, 7-19-95, P.3.

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