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Bear Lake Mine

Past Producer in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077991
MRDS ID W026095
MAS/MILS ID 0160070010
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Lake Mine
Alternate or previous names Bear Lake Phosphate Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45, 42.23433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 9.5 MI SW MONTPELIER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014S 043E 05 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Mudstone, Phosphorite, Chert;Wells Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Mudstone, Phosphorite, Chert;Wells Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45, 42.23433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mc Kelvey, V. E., And Strobell, J. D., Jr., 1955 , Preliminary Geologic Maps Of The Paris - Bloomington Vanadium Area, Bear Lake County, Idaho: USGS Mineral Inv. Field Studies Map, Mf 4

  • Deposit

    1955 Geolmap V. E. Mc Kelvey And J. D. Strobell, Jr., Mineral Inv. Field Studies Map Mf 4

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, G.R., 1927, USGS Professional Paper 152, P. 254

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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