Mine detail: Alexander Shaft

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.10807, -105.34974
dep_id: 10012169
mrds_id: D007634
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Covellite, Malachite
gangue: Barite, Calcite
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Strong Argillization
ore_ctrl: Near Pioneer Vein
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Rosita Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Rosita Crater And Cauldron Complex, North-Trending Fissures Dipping About 65 Degrees East
tectonic: Wet Mountains
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.
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