Mine detail: Elizabeth Prospect

Previously called 'BerthaCallahanOphir Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12445, -105.35085

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Trachyandesite
Associated rock:	Bunker Trachyandesite, Main Body
Associated type:	Trachyandesite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, On Ophir Vein
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weakly Argillized

References

MRDS	D007651
DEP	10012182
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.