The Coeurd'Alene and Pine Cr. Mine is a antimony mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Coeurd'Alene and Pine Cr. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coeurd'Alene and Pine Cr. Mine
Secondary: Idaho Antimony Company Property
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeurd'Alene
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coeurd'Alene Antimony Co. Or Mr Sinnamaki And Mr. Hill
Owner Name: Idaho Antimony Co.
Home Office: Kellogg, Id.
Production
Year: 1918
Year: 1940
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN LENSE-LIKE BODIES WITHIN THE VEIN AND REPORTEDLY DOES NOT EXTEND BELOW THE 250 FT LEVEL. VEIN IS WITHIN A SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Workings): FOOTAGE IS ESTIMATED AS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE CAVED WHEN REPORT WAS MADE. AN INCLINED SHAFT WAS ONCE DOWN TO 250 FT
Comment (Development): THE OWNERSHIP WAS IN QUESTION IN 1953
Comment (Location): MINE IS ON THE SLOPE JUST WEST OF PINE CR.
Comment (Production): 1940 PRODUCTION THOUGHT TO BE ONLY FROM DUMPS
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710-A, P. 1-36.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., AND JONES, E.L., JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 732, 156 P.
Reference (Production): SPOKANE USGS COMMODITY FILES
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