COEUR D ALENE MINES CORP
8-A12B, 1996-03-01
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                                   FORM 8-A
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE CORPORATION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                        COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



               Idaho                                     82-0109423
________________________________________
(State of incorporation or organization)              __________________
                                                       (I.R.S. Employer
                                                      Identification No.)


    505 Front Avenue
    Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814                             83814 
_______________________________________                _________________
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class                    Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered                    each class is to be registered
_______________________________        _________________________________
Mandatory Adjustable Redeemable        New York Stock Exchange
Convertible Securities (MARCS)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

         None




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Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered


         The description of the Mandatory  Adjustable  Redeemable  Convertible
Securities  (the  "MARCS")  of  Coeur  D'Alene  Mines  Corporation,  an  Idaho
corporation,  (the "Company") contained in the Company's Form S-3 Registration
Statement (File No.  333-01305),  as filed with the Commission on February 29,
1996, is incorporated  herein by reference pursuant to the instruction to Item
1 of Form 8-A. Such description is set forth under the caption "Description of
Capital Stock - Preferred Stock - Mandatory Adjustable Redeemable  Convertible
Securities"  that appears in the  preliminary  prospectus  (the  "Prospectus")
contained in the Registration Statement.

         The Company's common stock,  par value $1.00 per share,  (the "Common
Stock") and the rights to purchase  Series A Junior  Preferred  Stock attached
thereto (the  "Rights")  have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since
April 18, 1990. The description of the Common Stock and Rights set forth under
the caption  "Description of Capital Stock - Common Stock" and "Description of
Capital  Stock -  Preferred  Stock - Series A Junior  Preferred  Stock" in the
Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.  Exhibits.

         The MARCS are to be  registered  on the New York Stock  Exchange,  on
which the Common  Stock and  attached  Rights  are  listed.  Accordingly,  the
following  exhibits  required under  Instruction I of the  Instructions  as to
Exhibits of Form 8-A, are filed herewith and with the New York Stock Exchange:

         1.       Certificate of Designations, Preferences, Rights and
                  Limitations of the Mandatory Adjustable Redeemable
                  Convertible Securities.

         2.       Form of Mandatory Adjustable Redeemable Convertible
                  Securities certificate.



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                                                     SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                  COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION


March 1, 1996     By: /s/ DENNIS E. WHEELER
                      Dennis E. Wheeler
                      Chairman of the Board,
                      President and Chief
                      Executive Officer




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