Mine detail: Elizabeth Prospect

Previously called 'BerthaCallahanOphir Lode'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.12445, -105.35085
dep_id: 10012182
mrds_id: D007651
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
work_type: Underground
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Weakly Argillized
ore_ctrl: Faults, Ophir Vein, Fractures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Trachyandesite
arock_unit: Bunker Trachyandesite, Main Body
arock_type: Trachyandesite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, On Ophir Vein
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1882
References:
  • Deposit:: SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.
  • 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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