Mine detail: King Prospect

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.12973, -105.35668
dep_id: 10012195
mrds_id: D007667
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Weak Argillization
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Fissure Associated With Fault
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Rhyolite Of Rosita Volcano;Bunker Trachyandesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Trachyandesite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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, T 1042, 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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