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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