Mineral Evolution Database

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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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Auricupride	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz

Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Topaz ()*

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:
Allophane Auricupride Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Topaz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	274821	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	274800,274802,274814	5509
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	3	274800,274802,274814	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	274801,274803,274806,274809,274812,274813,274818	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	274800,274802,274814	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	274806	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	274800,274802,274814	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	274822	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	274803,274806,274815	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	274803,274812,274813,274818	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	274800,274802,274806,274811,274812,274814	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	5	274801,274809,274813,274815,274817	770
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	274800,274802,274814	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	11	274800,274801,274802,274803,274809,274812,274813,274814,274815,274817,274818	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	274800,274801,274802,274803,274809,274812,274813,274814,274815,274817	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	274800,274802,274814	1711
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	274803	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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