Coeur Wharf

Coeur Wharf is a surface gold mine in Lawrence County, South Dakota, near Lead. MSHA lists its status as active since Dec 30, 2014 and records 270 employees. It is one of 1 gold mine in South Dakota that is not marked abandoned, and the only one in Lawrence County; by employees it ranks 1 of 1 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Dec 30, 2014
Type
Surface
County
Lawrence County
State
South Dakota
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Lead
Employees reported
270
Operator
Wharf Resources (USA) Inc
Website
coeur.com
Coordinates
44.3486, -103.8542
MSHA mine ID
3901282

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Juno Mine
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Output size
small (USGS class)

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10104225 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.