List Of Silver Mines
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This is a list of silver mines in alphabetical order and includes both operating and closed mines.


Africa


Morocco

• Zgounder Silver Mine • Imiter


Tanzania


Dr Congo


Guinea Bissau


Asia

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Australia

* Golden Grove Mine *
McArthur River zinc mine The McArthur River mine is a zinc-lead mine, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), a subsidiary of t ...
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Mount Isa Mines Mount Isa Mines Limited ("MIM") operates the Mount Isa copper, lead, zinc and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia as part of the Glencore group of companies. For a brief period in 1980, MIM was Australia's largest company. It has ...
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Mount Morgan Mine Mount Morgan Mine was a copper, gold and silver mine in Queensland, Australia. Mining began at Mount Morgan in 1882 and continued until 1981. Over its lifespan, the mine yielded approximately of gold, of silver and of copper. The mine was ...
* Prominent Hill Mine


Europe


Germany

* Glasebach Pit * Samson Pit


Greece

* Saiderocaus


Norway

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Kongsberg Silver Mines Kongsberg Silver works () was a mining operation at Kongsberg in Viken county in Norway. The town of Kongsberg is the site of the Norwegian Mining Museum (). History Operating from over 80 different sites, Kongsberg silver mines constituted th ...


Poland

* Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry


Sweden

* Nasa silver mine * Sala Silver Mine


United Kingdom

*Combe Martin Silver mine Finland • Sotkamo Silver


North America


Canada

* Barton Mine *
Beanland Mine Beanland Mine, also known as Clenor Mine, is an abandoned surface and underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located about west of Arsenic Lake and northwest of the town of Temagami in central Strathy Township. It is named aft ...
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Big Dan Mine Big Dan Mine is an abandoned underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located about southwest of Net Lake and just west of the Ontario Northland Railway in east-central Strathy Township. It is named after Dan O'Connor, who firs ...
* Blue Hawk Mine * Buffalo Mine * Coniagas Mine *
Copperfields Mine Copperfields Mine, originally known as Temagami Mine, is an abandoned copper and silver mine on Temagami Island in Lake Temagami, Ontario, Canada. The mine opened in 1955 and comprises both underground and surface workings within a sulfide ore b ...
* Hudson Bay Mine *
Keeley-Frontier Mine Keeley-Frontier Mine is a large abandoned mine in the ghost town of Silver Centre, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It consists of two underground mines that were sunk below the surface. Keeley Mine was discovered in 1907 while Frontier Mine was co ...
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Murray Brook Mine __NOTOC__ The Murray Brook Mine is a VMS deposit in the Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC) of northern New Brunswick, Canada owned by NovaGold Resources. The deposit was discovered in 1955 and contains the largest gossan zone in the BMC. From 1989 to 1 ...
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Nipissing Mine The Nipissing Mine is an abandoned silver mine in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, located on Nip Hill on the east side of Long Lake. It was developed in the subsequent Cobalt silver rush of 1903. The original 843 acres of claims were purchased by Ellis ...
* Nova Scotia Mine *
Priest Mine Priest Mine is an abandoned surface and underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located about northwest of the hamlet of Marten River on an island in north-central Cross Lake. Dating back to the early 1900s, it is one of the old ...
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Sullivan Mine The Sullivan Mine is a now-closed conventional–mechanized underground mine located in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. The ore body is a complex, sediment-hosted, sedimentary exhalative deposit consisting primarily of zinc, lead, and i ...
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Temagami-Lorrain Mine Temagami-Lorrain Mine is an abandoned surface and underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located about northeast of the town of Temagami near Sauvé Lake in central Cassels Township. It is named after the Temagami-Lorrain Mining ...
* Trethewey Mine


Mexico

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Mina Proaño Mina Proaño, an underground silver mine located in central Mexico, is one of the world's largest and most profitable silver mines. The mine is located just outside the city of Fresnillo, Zacatecas; and is also known as Mina Fresnillo and Fresn ...
* Naica Mine * Noche Buena mine * Pitarrilla mine * Tayopa


United States

* Cerro Colorado Mine *
Cliff mine The Cliff mine was the first successful copper mine in the Copper Country of the state of Michigan in the United States. The mine is at the now-abandoned town of Clifton in Keweenaw County. Mining began in 1845, and the Cliff was the most p ...
* Commonwealth Mine * Emma Silver Mine *
Hercules silver mine The Hercules Mine was one of the richest lead/silver mines in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Burke, Idaho. It was discovered by Harry L. Day, a bookkeeper and clerk, and Fred Harper, a local prospector. In 1923 the mine owners founded the Day Min ...
* Homestake Mine * Independence mine * Iron Mountain Mine * Minesota Mine * Montana mine *
Sherman Mine Sherman Mine is a closed open pit mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. It was a major producer of iron ore, starting production in 1968 and closing in 1990. Sherman was the largest open pit mine in Temagami, consisting of seven open pits known as ...
* Silver King Mine * Sunshine Mine * Sweet Home Mine * Swift's silver mine


South America


Argentina

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Cerro Vanguardia Mine The Cerro Vanguardia Mine is a gold and silver mine located 150 km north west of Puerto San Julián, in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina. It is majority-owned and operated by AngloGold Ashanti AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a global ...


Bolivia

* San Bartolomé mine


Brazil

* Morro Velho


Peru

* Santa Ana mine


See also

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List of countries by silver production This is a list of countries by silver production in 2018 based on data by the United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United S ...
Silver mines Silver mining is the extraction of silver from minerals, starting with mining. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires elaborate technologies. In 2008, ca.25,900 metric tons were consumed ...
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