Commodities
TertiaryManganese, Copper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS LIKE
Ore controlFavorable Carbonate Beds Along Joy Fault Zone
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Limestone I
Associated rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Tuff,Rhyodacite · Mt. Laird Tuff;Drum Mtns Rhyodacite
StructureDrum Mtns Homocline, Joy Fault
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationJasperoid Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10011405
MRDS IDD006207
Alternate namesAlso J.S.P. Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.6719, -113.02163
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATIONCRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., STRACZEK, J.A., & ROBERTS, R.J., 1961 MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1082-HLINDSEY, D.A., 1979, PRELIM. REPORT TERT. VOLCANISM & URANIUM MINERALIZATION THOMAS RANGE & N. DRUM MTNS, JUAB CO., UT.: USGS OPEN FILE RPT. 79-1076.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H1979 RECON LINDSEY, D.A., OPEN FILE RPT 79-1076EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY