Mine detail: Paris-Bloomington

Previously called 'Consolated MineSlight CanyonMcilwee MineParis-Bloomington DepositsStar Mine'

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Location: Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.19323, -111.4375
dep_id: 10143655
mrds_id: W026143
mas_id: 160070009
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Zinc, Thallium, Silver, Selenium, REE, Cadmium, Uranium
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Calcite, Collophane, Dolomite, Feldspar, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, SEDIMENTARY
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Spear, James M.
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Chert,Sandstone
arock_unit: Wells Formation, Dinwoody Formation, Thaynes Formation
arock_type: Limestone,Sandstone,Shale
Year first produced: 1917
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: GRINER, W. C., 1974 , SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974 , P. 84
  • Deposit:: *ALLEY, F. W. AND OTHERS 1953 , STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1947 - 1948 , PART 3 : USGS CIRC. 262 , 43 P.
  • Deposit:: WINCHESTER, D. E., 1923 , OIL SHALE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION: USGS BULL. 729 , 204 P.
  • Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL WESTERN MINING AND MANUFACTURING, USGS PROF. PAPER 152
  • Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
  • Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 3 , IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.
  • Deposit:: MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF 41. JOHN SKINNER, U.S.G.S.
  • Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801 { 1974 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPT., 1973 - 1974
  • Deposit:: US BUR OF MINES MINERAL PROP # 76.1 (SEQ # 16-007-0009)
  • Deposit:: 1920 DIREXPL BEAR LAKE PHOSPHATE CO., USGS PROF. PAPER 152
  • Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL WYODAK COAL AND MANUFACTURING, USBM REPT. INV. 6801
  • Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL USBM, USGS CIRC. 262
  • Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A.L., 1966 US BUREAU OF MINES RI#, 6801.
  • Reserve-Resource:: DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN S.E. IDAHO, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT V.2, USGS, BLM & FOREST SERVICE, 1977
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