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


mindat Locality ID: 245810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drum Mts, Millard Co., Utah, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Detroit District (Drum District; Joy District)
Drum Mountain Meteorite
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011399)

Latitude: 39°31'14"N
Longitude: 112°58'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.520555555556,-112.97277777778

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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAuricuprideBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRutileTopaz

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1274821166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23274800,274802,2748145509
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3274800,274802,274814716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7274801,274803,274806,274809,274812,274813,27481827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23274800,274802,27481427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12748063531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3274800,274802,2748142970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212748229895
Gold  (*)CopperAu3274803,274806,27481530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34274803,274812,274813,27481814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26274800,274802,274806,274811,274812,27481412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)5274801,274809,274813,274815,274817770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23274800,274802,27481439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211274800,274801,274802,274803,274809,274812,274813,274814,274815,274817,2748183106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210274800,274801,274802,274803,274809,274812,274813,274814,274815,27481761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3274800,274802,2748141711
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212748031476



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