Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zone And Favorable Limestone Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite, Pyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Busby Quartzite;Limestone
StructureFaulting-Drum Mtns Homocline, Local Faulting
Tectonic settingBasin And Range-Sevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationLimonization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101639
MRDS IDD006112
Alternate namesYellow Cat Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.52717, -113.00887
References
CRITTENDEN, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB AND MILLARD COUNTIES, UTAH; USGS BULLETIN 1082-HDOELLING, H H, 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH; UGMS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO 41BUTLER, R S, ETAL, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH; US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 111, P 463-465BAILEY, G B, 1974, THE OCCURRENCE, ORIGIN, & ECONOMIC SIGNIF OF AU BEARING JASPEROIDS IN THE CENTRAL DRUM MTNS, UT: STANFORD UNIV, PH D DISS, 354 P.1920 RECON BUTLER, ETAL, PROF, PAPER 1111961 RECON CRITTENDEN, ETAL, BULLETIN 1082-H1969 RECON UGMS, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS #41EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY