Mine detail: Drum Mine

Previously called 'Drum Shaft'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.44746, -113.29775
dep_id: 10011247
mrds_id: D005793
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Hemitization
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veins
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Grampian Ls;Ely Formation;Notch Peak Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Olig Volcanics, Undiff
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Structure: Basin And Range, Local Normal (N-S) Faults
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 2
  • Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
  • Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.
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