Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.10945, -105.35224 |
dep_id: | 10012199 |
mrds_id: | D007672 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Producer |
alteration: | Strong Argillization |
ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Fissures Near And Associated With Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B., Beach, Richard A. |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_unit: | Rosita Andesite |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Rosita Fault; Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein; Many Mineralized Fissures |
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.
- Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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