Coeur D'Alene Antimony

The Coeur D'Alene Antimony is a antimony mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,254 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coeur D'Alene Antimony
Secondary: Coeur D' Alene Antimony
Secondary: Pine Creek Antimony

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur Dalene 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.

Holdings

Type: Minerals Only

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1983

Production

Year: 1918
Description: Total Cumulative Production To 1918 1814 Tonnes Of Ore @ 6.25%
Year: 1940
Description: Ore From Mine Dumps Containing 16 % Sb 40 Tonnes Of Ore @ 16.00 %

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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

Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): MINED OUT; A MINING OPERATION IS NOT PROPOSED. WATER IS AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AND POWER WITHIN 1 KM. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD NEEDS IMPROVEMENT FOR 0.5 KM.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE MINE HAS BEEN WORKED OUT; NO REASONABLE EXPLORATION TARGETS EXIST.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE WAS NO IDENTIFIED RESOURCES AT THE TIME OF STUDY. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE ORE BODY WAS MINED OUT.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DISTRICT, IDAHO, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WHITE, D. E., 1942, ANTIMONY IN THE COEUR D' ALENE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULL. 732, PP. 121-122.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UMPLEBY, J. S., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MUS., BULL., 131, 43 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SHANNON, E. V., 1926, THE MINERALS OF IDAHO: U. S. NATL.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES, VOL. 14, NO. 2, PP. 52-53.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE ANTIMONY DEPOSITS BY FRANCIS A. THOMSON: UNIV. OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO - WITH NOTES ON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NOVEMBER 1964, P. 45.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT, PP. 7-8.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO, PREPARED BY THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LA HEIST, B. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - ANTIMONY: IN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 32-33.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JONES, E., L., JR, 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 478, 139 P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER

Reference (Reserve-Resource): A. B., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR D' ALENE DISTRICT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOBBS, W. S., GRIGGS, A. B., WALLACE, R. E., AND CAMPBELL,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, 103 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FRYKLUND, VERNE CHARLES, 1964, "ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNITED STATES 1918: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 1 P. 41.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FERGUSON, H. G., 1921, ANTIMONY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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