Coeurd'Alene and Pine Cr. Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011573
MRDS ID D006589
Record type Site
Current site name Coeurd'Alene and Pine Cr. Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho Antimony Company Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24854, 47.53407 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2 MI. WEST OF PINEHURST ID.

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 048N 002E 6 NE OF SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS ON THE SLOPE JUST WEST OF PINE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard
    Rock description Prichard
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24854, 47.53407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 25-45NW
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Coeurd'Alene

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Antimony Co.
    Home office Kellogg, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coeurd'Alene Antimony Co. Or Mr Sinnamaki And Mr. Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Antimony Antimony 12wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Antimony Antimony 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1940 PRODUCTION THOUGHT TO BE ONLY FROM DUMPS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOOTAGE IS ESTIMATED AS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE CAVED WHEN REPORT WAS MADE. AN INCLINED SHAFT WAS ONCE DOWN TO 250 FT

Comments on development

  • THE OWNERSHIP WAS IN QUESTION IN 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L., JR., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710-A, P. 1-36.

  • 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.

  • Production

    SPOKANE USGS COMMODITY FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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