Coeur D'Alene Mines

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073344
MRDS ID W019384
Record type Site
Current site name Coeur D'Alene Mines
Alternate or previous names Silver Standard, Camp Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01603, 47.49681 (WGS84)
Elevation 846
Relative position 3.5 MI NW OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 24,25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2500 FT - LEVEL VEIN AVERAGED 30 OZ AG/TON OVER 250 FT LENGTH AND AVERAGE 6.7 FT WIDTH. SAME VEIN ON 3700 FT LEVEL, 37 OZ AG/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Erythrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 384 FT OF VEIN AVERAGED 30.5 OZ AG AND 1.3 % CU OVER AVERAGE WIDTH 6.8 FT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation-Quartzite;St. Regis Formation-Argillite;Wallace Formation-Calc. Argillite;Wallace Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Argillite;Revett Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description St. Regis Formation-Quartzite;St. Regis Formation-Argillite;Wallace Formation-Calc. Argillite;Wallace Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Argillite;Revett Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Osburn Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip STEEPLY S
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.83 wt-pct Copper Major 1971
    Silver Ag 567.254 g/mt Silver Major 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 334.06M
    Overall depth 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS IS A 1955 FIGURE; DEPTH IS 1970'S FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 43 PATENTED, 27 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, OF WHICH 38 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COMPRISE THE COEUR PROJECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTITUDE OF THE MAIN ORE SHOOT RANGES FROM 200 FT TO 2400 FT. MINE IS IN THE PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT.
Deposit CAMP PROJECT ON THE COEUR D'ALENE MINES MOST WESTERLY CLAIMS, THE N PORTION OF MERGER MINES, INC., AND THE PLAINVIEW PROPERTY; ASARCO INVESTED A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.