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Locality Name:
Drum Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drum Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Detroit District (Drum District; Joy District)
Detroit West District

Latitude: 39°32'30"N
Longitude: 113°3'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.541666666667,-113.06388888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiaspore
LepidocrociteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteTopaz

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carlfriesite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tlapallite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24274083,274085,274088,2740935509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127408011547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)4274083,274085,274088,274093716
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)1274091195
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2274100,27410627770
Carlfriesite  (*)NoneCaTe4+2Te6+O812741064
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12740875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25274083,274085,274087,274088,27409327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4274083,274085,274088,2740931382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12740873531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12741003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4274083,274085,274088,2740932970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27274078,274080,274081,274082,274091,274092,2741039895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4274083,274085,274088,27409324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12740947437
Gold  (*)CopperAu8274078,274083,274085,274087,274088,274092,274093,27409730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35274082,274083,274085,274088,27409314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612740772228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212274078,274083,274085,274087,274088,274092,274093,274096,274097,274098,274099,27410312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22274080,27409117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25274080,274083,274085,274088,27409339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211274079,274080,274081,274082,274083,274085,274088,274093,274094,274099,2741003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27274077,274083,274085,274086,274088,274093,27410661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2274079,2740811711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1274081969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127408021482
Tlapallite  (*)None(Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O12741065
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212741011476


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