Coeur D'Alene Antimony

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281079
MRDS ID W019549
MAS/MILS ID 0160790018
Record type Site
Current site name Coeur D'Alene Antimony
Alternate or previous names Coeur D' Alene Antimony, Pine Creek Antimony
Related records 10073456

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.24854, 47.53407 (WGS84)
Elevation 687
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(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 048 N 002 E 06 NESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.24854, 47.53407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 120M
    Width 52M
    Depth to top 26M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N30E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Coeur Dalene District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • 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 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Antimony Antimony 40mt 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 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.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE WAS NO IDENTIFIED RESOURCES AT THE TIME OF STUDY. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE ORE BODY WAS MINED OUT.
  • EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE MINE HAS BEEN WORKED OUT; NO REASONABLE EXPLORATION TARGETS EXIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    FERGUSON, H. G., 1921, ANTIMONY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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    UNITED STATES 1918: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 1 P. 41.

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    FRYKLUND, VERNE CHARLES, 1964, "ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR

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    D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOL.

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    SURVEY PROF. PAPER 445, 103 PP.

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    HOBBS, W. S., GRIGGS, A. B., WALLACE, R. E., AND CAMPBELL,

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    A. B., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR D' ALENE DISTRICT

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    SHOSHONE COUNTY IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER

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    478, 139 P.

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    JONES, E., L., JR, 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE

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    CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710,

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    PP. 32-33.

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    LA HEIST, B. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - ANTIMONY: IN

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    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO, PREPARED BY THE

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    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1,

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    NOVEMBER 1964, P. 45.

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    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE,

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    MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO - WITH NOTES ON

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    THE ANTIMONY DEPOSITS BY FRANCIS A. THOMSON: UNIV. OF

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    IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES, VOL. 14, NO. 2, PP. 52-53.

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    SHANNON, E. V., 1926, THE MINERALS OF IDAHO: U. S. NATL.

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    MUS., BULL., 131, 43 P.

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    UMPLEBY, J. S., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923, GEOLOGY AND ORE

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    DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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    BULL. 732, PP. 121-122.

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    WHITE, D. E., 1942, ANTIMONY IN THE COEUR D' ALENE

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    DISTRICT, IDAHO, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED

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    REPORT, PP. 7-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-97 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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