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Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Basis of Persentation [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Coeur Mining, Inc. (“Coeur” or “the Company”) is a large primary silver producer with significant gold production and mines located in the United States, Mexico, and Bolivia; development projects in Mexico and Argentina; and streaming and royalty interests in Australia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile. The Palmarejo mine, San Bartolomé mine, Kensington mine, and Rochester mine, each of which is operated by the Company, and Coeur Capital, primarily comprised of the Endeavor silver stream and other precious metal royalties, constitute the Company’s principal sources of revenues.