Mines in Butte County, Idaho

127Total

2Active

Butte County, Idaho has 127 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 2 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is lead, with 45 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Butte County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Dome District	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper		Producer	MRDS
Hamilton District	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper		Producer	MRDS
Ajax Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Antimony Prospect	Antimony	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Arco	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Arco Pass Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Automatic Mine	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Badger Creek Borrow Site	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Badger Creek Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Badger Creek Prospect	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Badger King Mine	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bar No. 2 Prospect	Lead	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bar No. 7	Lead	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bc No. 51 Prospect	Lead	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Bc No. 53 Extension Prospect	Zinc, Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bc No. 53 Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bc No. 65 Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bell View Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Big Southern Butte	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Bighorn Canyon Prospect	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bighorn Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Back Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Butte - Antelope Mine	Lead, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Butte County Crusher #1	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Camp Creek Prospect No. 1	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Camp Creek Prospect No. 2	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Camp Creek Prospect No. 3	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Camp Creek Prospect No. 4	Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Cedar Post Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Champagne	Gold	Surface	Plant	MRDS
Cleopatra Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Copper King Group	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Copper Mountain Mine	Copper	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Copper Mountain No. 8	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Diamond Prospect	Silver, Lead	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Edna Mine	Lead, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eightmile Canyon Placer Prospect	Gold	Placer	Occurrence	MRDS
Elbow Quartz	Silica	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ella Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fallert Springs Prospect	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Fish Haven Dolomite	Magnesite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Golden Chariot Mine	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Great Western Mine	Silver, Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hope Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Hornsilver Mine	Silver	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hub Group	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Independence		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Iron Cap Prospect	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jersey Belle Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Johnson Property	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
La Riviere Perdu No. 28 Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
La Riviere Perdu No. 6 and 7	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Last Chance Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Last Chance Prospect	Lead	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lava Creek District	Tungsten		Occurrence	MRDS
Lead Belt Mine	Lead, Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Little Cottonwood	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Little Pittsburgh Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Log Chain Prospect	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lookout Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lucky Billy Prospect	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Lucky Strike Prospect	Iron	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Markell Prospect	Manganese	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Martin Property Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
May Queen Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Middle Fork of Pass Creek Prospect	Stone	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Minia Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Nellie Boyd Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Nipper	Lead	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
North Star Prospect	Copper	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Ore House No. 32b Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ore House No. 7 and 8	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Oxide Lode Prospect	Iron	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Pandora Prospect	Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Pearl Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Pioneer	Barium-Barite, Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Protection Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Rainbow Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Red Bird Prospect	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Red Ledge No. 3	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Red Ledge No. 8 Extension Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Reliance Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rubie Prospect	Copper	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Saint Louis Mine	Silver	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sam and Tom Mine	Silver, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
San Francisco Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sentinel Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Bell Mine	Lead, Silver	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Silver Haze	Silver	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Silver King Prospect	Copper	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Silver Tip Mine	Silver	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
South Creek No. 10	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 119 Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 121 Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 147 Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 16	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 24	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 36	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 4 Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 61	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek No. 78 Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Creek Nos. 71-75, 88-89	Copper	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sparrow Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
St. Louis Mine	Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Triumph Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Ui No. 6 & 7 Prospect	Copper	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Uncle Ike Creek Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Jasperoid Occurrences	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Valley View Mine	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Vj Prospect	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Waymire Prospect	Zinc	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Westside Prospect	Zinc	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Whitebird Deposit	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Whiterock Prospect	Lead	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Wilbert Mine	Lead	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Creek Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Windfall Prospect	Lead	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Wolframite Mine	Tungsten	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS