Indian Spring Bench

The Indian Spring Bench is a titanium, thorium, and zirconium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,840 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Indian Spring Bench

State: Utah

County: Garfield

Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)

Commodity: Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium

Lat, Long: 37.8514, -110.73750

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Indian Spring Bench MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Indian Spring Bench

Commodity

Primary: Titanium
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Zirconium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT,CB,AND OTHERS,1953,GEOL.AND GEOG.OF THE HENRY MTNS.RGN.

Reference (Deposit): UT:USGS P.228

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING,1967,URANIUM DEP.OF GARFIELD CO,UT:UGMS SS 22

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING,1975,GEOLOGY AND MIN.RES.OF GARFIELD CO.UT:UGMS

Reference (Deposit): BULL.107

Reference (Deposit): BROOKE,GL,AND OTHERS,1951,GEOL.INV.OF THE TRACHYTE DIS.HENRY

Reference (Deposit): MTNS,UT:USAEC-RMO-912,7P

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