Indium deposits in the United States

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This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides the descriptions of the only U.S. sites-including mining districts, mineral occurrences, and mine features-that have reported production and (or) resources of indium (In). This dataset contains the Bingham and West Desert deposits in Utah, and the Chino site in New Mexico.

Indium is considered a critical and strategic mineral because of its use in the aerospace, defense, energy, and telecommunications sectors. The primary applications are flat-panel displays, and specialty alloys (Fortier and others, 2018). In 2021, the U.S. was 100 percent net import reliant on indium from China, Canada, Republic of Korea, and France (U.S. Geological Survey, 2022).

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Karl, N.A., Gnesda, W.R., Funk, J.A., Mauk, J.L., and Forbush, C.R., 2022, Indium deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97FRY3M.

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Maintainer	Jeffrey L Mauk
Last Updated	April 8, 2025, 11:47 (LMT)
Created	February 10, 2025, 13:01 (LMT)
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Citation	Karl, N.A., Gnesda, W.R., Funk, J.A., Mauk, J.L., and Forbush, C.R., 2022, Indium deposits in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97FRY3M.
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Organization	United States Geological Survey
Publication Date	2022-09-12
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