Mines in Caribou County, Idaho

Caribou County, Idaho has 173 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 11 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is phosphorus-phosphates, with 81 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Caribou County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Bfb & Ballard Mines	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Smoky Canyon Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active	MSHA
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Diamond Creek Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Enoch Valley Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kerr McGee Vanadium Plant	Vanadium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Lanes Creek Phosphate Property	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rasmussen Ridge Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Soda Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Trail Canyon Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Western Us Phosphate Field	Vanadium		Producer	MRDS
Anaconda Strip Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Area A, 5 Thru 11, Stewart Flat	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Aspen Range	Limestone, General	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Aspen Range North	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Ballard Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bayer Quartzite Quarry	Crushed, Broken Quartzite	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Beaver Dam Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Blackfoot Bridge Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Blue Jay Gulch Nitrates	Nitrogen-Nitrates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Booth Spring Mine	Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Broken Crater	Pumice		Unknown	MRDS
Burchert Canyon	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Caldwell Canyon Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Caldwell Canyon Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Caribou County Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Champ Lease	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Chesterfield Range Limestone	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
China Hat	Pumice		Unknown	MRDS
Cinder Occurrence	Pumice		Unknown	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Conda Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Corral Creek Wells #1	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Corral Creek Wells #2	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Corral Creek Wells #3	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Corral Creek Wells #4	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Crater Mountain			Unknown	MRDS
Crow Creek Rock Salt	Halite		Past Producer	MRDS
Dairy Syncline	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Dewey Sulphur Mine	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Diamond Gulch Phosphate Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Draney Spring	Bromine, Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dry Canyon Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Ridge Phosphate Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Dry Valley Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dry Valley Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Ev, Ballard & Blackfoot Bridge Mines	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
East of Soda Springs	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
Eighteen Mile Creek	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Fort Hall Indian Reservation Phosphate Bed			Occurrence	MRDS
Freeman Ridge Phosphate Property	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Geothermal Location	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Graves Creek Phosphate Property	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Green Mountain Deposits	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Grizzly Creek Phosphate Property	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Henry North Continuation	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Henry Phosphate Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hooper Spring		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Hooper Springs	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Husky 1, North Dry Ridge	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Husky No. 1 Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Idaho Sulphur Mine	Sulfur	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J.r. Simplot Washing/calcine Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Johnson Creek Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Johnson Creek Prospect	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Kerr McGee Limestone	Stone, Dimension	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension		Unknown	MRDS
Lloyd Ranch Sulfur Deposit No. 2	Sulfur		Past Producer	MRDS
Lone Pine Spring	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Maybe Canyon Phosphate Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McGrew Spring	Bromine, Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Middle Sulphur Canyon #1	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Middle Sulphur Canyon Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Monroe Canyon	Limestone, Dimension	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Monsanta Plant-Ore	Stone, Dimension		Unknown	MRDS
Monsanto Elemental Phosphorus Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Monsato Quartzite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mountain Fuel Lease	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Dry Ridge	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
North Maybe Canyon	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Schmid Ridge, West Slope	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
North Trail Canyon Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Nu-West Phos-Acid Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Old Stump and White Springs	Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Petersen Spring	Bromine, Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Poison Canyon Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension, Sandstone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pole Canyon	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Pole Canyon Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Portable Crushing Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Portneuf	Limestone, General	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Portneuf Area Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Portneuf Reservoir Phosphate Property	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Rainey Creek Road	Limestone, General	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Rasmussen Ranch	Misc. Metal Ore NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rasmussen Valley Mine	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Rattlesnake Canyon Sulfur Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Reed Springs	Bromine, Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rock Salt Mine	Salt	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rocky Canyon Phosphate Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Salt Deposit	Salt		Unknown	MRDS
Scoria Occurrence			Unknown	MRDS
Seaton Earthmover Inc./ Chubb Springs	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Silocon International Ore	Crushed, Broken Quartzite	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Slug Creek Valley Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Smith Portable Crushing	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Smokey Canyon Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Soda Springs	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
South Fork Sage Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
South Freeman Ridge, West Slope	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
South Schmid Ridge		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Stewart Canyon	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Stoddard Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Stump and White Springs	Bromine		Past Producer	MRDS
Sulfur Springs	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Sulfur Springs	Sulfur		Occurrence	MRDS
Swan Lake Gulch Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ten Mile Pass Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tenmile Plant & Quarry	Lime	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Thermal Springs	Geothermal		Occurrence	MRDS
Timber Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Tin Cup Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Trail Canyon	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Trail Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Unknown	MRDS
Trail Creek Proposed Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Unit 3 , Dry Ridge Phosphate Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Sulfur		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Phosphate	Phosphorus-Phosphates		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Webster Range	Limestone, General	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Wells Canyon	Limestone, General	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Wells Canyon Prospect	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
West Bank Blackfoot River	Pumice		Unknown	MRDS
White Quartz Nos. 1, 2, and 3	Limestone, General		Occurrence	MRDS
Woodall Spring	Geothermal		Unknown	MRDS
Wooley Valley Mine	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wooley Valley Unit 3			Occurrence	MRDS