| Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.15057, -105.45057 |
| dep_id: | 10012193 |
| mrds_id: | D007665 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Copper, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerussite, Anglesite |
| gangue: | Pyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Barite, Calcite |
| orebody_fm: | BRECCIA PIPE |
| model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
| alteration: | Weak Argillization |
| ore_ctrl: | Breccia Pipe, Mineralized Fissures |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 1; Undivided Silver Cliff Rhyolite |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Breccia Pipe, Small Faults, Volcanic Vent |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| 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:: FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.
- 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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