Mine detail: King Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12973, -105.35668

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Of Rosita Volcano;Bunker Trachyandesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Trachyandesite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weak Argillization

References

MRDS	D007667
DEP	10012195
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, 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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.