The Henry Mountains Deposit is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Henry Mountains Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henry Mountains Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Mount Hillars, Southwest Flank
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLES FROM OUTCROP AVERAGED 25.3% TIO2, 6.8% ZRO2, 15.2% FE, 0.21% THO2, AND 0.003% SC. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 16 UTAH DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE HENRY MOUNTAINS, ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,043,000 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 17.98 TIO2, 5.67 ZRO2, 20.98 FE, AND 0.01 EQUIVALENT THO2.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P
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