Tungsten Hill Mine

Tungsten Hill Mine sits near Copeland in Boundary County, Idaho, in the Moyie-Yaak Mining District within what's now the Idaho Panhandle National Forests (historically the Kaniksu National Forest).[1] It was a small tungsten operation — the ore here is scheelite (a tungsten mineral) with chalcopyrite, worked through a single shaft that reached about 500 feet, with a modest ore body roughly 150 feet long and 6 feet wide.[1] It's long closed with no plans to reopen. The DB's specimen list (gold, silver, lead, molybdenum, zinc) doesn't match the documented scheelite/chalcopyrite ore at all — worth flagging, since this looks more like a generic regional mineral list than a site-specific one.

Near Copeland, Idaho, in Boundary County, within the Idaho Panhandle National Forests (Priest Lake vicinity). No current trailhead, road status, or public access route is documented for the mine site specifically.

UNVERIFIED. The mine itself is a closed underground working (single shaft, ~500 ft) — entering old shafts is dangerous and inadvisable regardless of legal status. Any surface collecting would be limited to waste-rock dumps, if accessible.

This sits on U.S. Forest Service land (Idaho Panhandle National Forests), which generally allows casual mineral collecting for personal use, but that's a general federal-land rule, not a site-specific confirmation for Tungsten Hill — check current Idaho Panhandle National Forests rules and any local closures before visiting. The historic shaft is a fall/collapse hazard and should not be entered.