Commodities
PrimaryManganese
SecondaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS LIKE
Ore controlFavorable Carbonate Beds Along Fault Zone That Acted As Conduit For Ascending Solutions
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Limestone E (Crittenden) Host;Quartzite
Associated rockAndesite · Andesite Flow
StructureDrum Mtns Homocline Diping West. A Major Normal Fault (Joy Fault) Drops Volcanic Rocks Against Basement., E-Ne Trending Fault System
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationHeavy Limonitic & Hemititic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10098072
MRDS IDDC13229
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.57245, -113.03831
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL 1082-H.CRITTENDEN, M.D., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 31.1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 1111961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-HEVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY