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The Stibnite Mining District, commonly referred to simply as Stibnite, is one of the most historic mining districts in the U.S. state of Idaho.It is located in the mountains of Valley County, Idaho, approximately 10 miles (16 km) outside of Yellow Pine and 39 miles (63 km) east of McCall.
The Sunshine Mine is located between the cities of Kellogg and Wallace in northern Idaho. It has been one of the world's largest and most profitable silver mines, having produced over 360 million ounces of silver by 2001.
Land of the Yankee Fork State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area covering 521 acres (211 ha) in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The state park interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. The interpretive center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station.
Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical: Shoshone: The Coeur d'Alene River basin contains millions of tons of mine tailings, waste rock and ore concentrates. Soil, sediments, groundwater and surface water are contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium, lead and zinc from former mining and smelting operations. [12] [13] 12/30/1982: 09/08/1983
Lake Walcott State Park: Minidoka: 65 26: 4,700 1,400: 1999: Provides water recreation at the northwest end of Lake Walcott. Land of the Yankee Fork State Park: Custer: 521 211: 5,001–6,500 1,524–1,981: 1990: Interprets Idaho's frontier mining history, including the ghost towns of Bayhorse, Bonanza, and Custer. Lucky Peak State Park: Ada ...
The Lucky Friday mine is an underground silver, lead, and zinc mine in the western United States, near Mullan, Idaho. [2] Operated by Hecla Mining company, it is one of the few mines remaining operational in the Silver Valley of northern Idaho, producing 1000 tons of ore per day. The ore deposit type is Polymetallic veins of hydrothermal origin.
The Australian owner of a cobalt mine in Central Idaho plans more extensive study of cobalt at a remote site in the Salmon River Mountains, and the potential for a cobalt refinery, after securing ...
Stibnite, sometimes called antimonite, is a sulfide mineral with the formula Sb 2 S 3.This soft grey material crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group. [6] It is the most important source for the metalloid antimony. [7]