Stibnite Mine

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Mine Information

in development Mine - Stibnite

Name	Stibnite
Minerals	Stibnite Gold Silver Antimony
Location (cargo query)	Loading map...
Owners	Perpetua Resources
Status	Hello, world!
Infrastucture	tailing pond pit highway power substation
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Description

    Miners first came to Stibnite during Idaho’s gold rush days in 1899. Over the next few years, the number of miners at the site continued to grow and several operators, including United Mercury Mining Company and Bradley Mining Company, started working in the area.
In 1938, miners started focusing their efforts on the Yellow Pine Pit. Miners were able to extract large quantities of gold from this area of the site. However, operations at the pit blocked fish passage and to this day fish in the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River cannot swim upstream past the site.
During World War II, antimony became a mineral that was critical to the war effort.[3] It was used to create bullets. Stibnite contained such large quantities of antimony that individuals were able to serve their country by working at the site. At one point, more than 1,500 people were working at the site. From 1941 to 1945, Stibnite mined and milled more tungsten and antimony than any other mine in the United States. During this wartime period Stibnite produced 40 percent of the nation's domestic supply of tungsten and 90 percent of its antimony.[4]
After World War II, operations at the site slowed down and many miners moved out of the area. Mining continued in the area sporadically from the 1970s through 1997.[5][6]
In 2009, a Canadian company known as Midas Gold began test drilling on private land within the district, evaluating it for future mining potential.[7][8] As of early 2021, the company—renamed as Perpetua Resources and relocated to Boise—was preparing to reopen a gold mine in the area; the plan was met with criticism from the Idaho Conservation League and a lawsuit from the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.[9]

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