Drum Mountains
{{Short description|Mountain range in Utah, United States}}
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| map_alt=A map of Utah showing the location of the House Range
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| country=United States
| state=Juab and Millard counties, Utah
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| highest= Lady Laird PeakFish Springs, Utah, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1979Lady Laird Peak Text Document [http://eq.uen.org/emedia/items/b4d18cee-b3a1-3883-f4b6-7ce92d911370/1/ Utah Place Names: Lady Laird Peak]
| elevation_ft=6982
| coordinates = {{coord|39.5624|N|113.0483|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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The Drum Mountains or Detroit Mountains[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1427496,Detroit%20Mountains GNIS] are a desert range in Juab and Millard counties of western Utah. They lie within the Basin and Range Province, which is a series of generally north-south trending mountain ranges and valleys (or basins) extending from central Utah to eastern California, and from southern Idaho into Sonora, Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/cultural/Paleontology/utah_paleontology/west_desert_paleontology/drum_mountains_global.html|title=Drum Mountains|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808145443/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/cultural/Paleontology/utah_paleontology/west_desert_paleontology/drum_mountains_global.html|archive-date=8 August 2013|url-status=dead}}
Geology
During the Cambrian period this area was underwater, which produced the marine sediments (limestones and shales) seen today in outcrop. The formations from this time are generally deeper water deposits (ramp-to-basin and outer-shelf).
The Drum Mountains are complete (meaning there are no missing gaps in time) and are generally undisturbed. This is the reason why the beginning of the Drumian stage of the geologic time scale was defined here.{{cite web|title=GSSP for Drumian Stage|url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/gssp/detail.php?periodid=149&top_parentid=77|accessdate=22 August 2013}}
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