Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.13862, -105.35668 |
dep_id: | 10012198 |
mrds_id: | D007671 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Prospect |
alteration: | Weak Argillization |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Fissures |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
arock_unit: | Rhyolite Of Rosita Volcano;Rosita Andesite Is The Underlying Host |
arock_type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Ring 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:: 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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