Mine detail: Caroline Tunnel

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.10723, -105.3389

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Orebody form:	near vertical vein
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Rosita Andesite;Trachyte Of Game Ridge
Associated type:	Trachyte
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Rosita Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weak Argillization

References

MRDS	D007645
DEP	10012177
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.