UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 13, 2010

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

IDAHO
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

1-8641
(Commission File Number)

82-0109423
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

505 Front Ave., P.O. Box “I”
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83816
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(208) 667-3511
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

     On February 5, 2010, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (the “Company”) closed a public offering of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Term Notes due December 31, 2012 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of February 5, 2010 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. All amounts due under the Notes may be paid in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. The Company has notified the Trustee and the holders of the Notes that it intends to pay the amounts due on December 31, 2010 in respect of the Notes in cash.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.