Lead Mines - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Lucky Friday mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Idaho, United States. Gold Hunter is the acting mining area since the mine was re-opened in 2013. The ore veins in the mine are 3 m thick on average. The narrow ore veins are mined by the underhand cut-and-fill mining method (Fig. 9.10.1). Mining stopes are 3 m wide on average.