Drum Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011247
MRDS ID D005793
Record type Site
Current site name Drum Mine
Alternate or previous names Drum Shaft
Related records 10130349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29775, 38.44746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF FRISCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4, SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hemitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Olig Volcanics, Undiff
    Rock description Olig Volcanics, Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Grampian Ls;Ely Formation;Notch Peak Formation
    Rock description Grampian Ls;Ely Formation;Notch Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29775, 38.44746

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal (N-S) Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65W
    Dip 47SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic (60%) Cobre (40%)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references