Mine detail: New Pit Prospect

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14473, -105.44779
dep_id: 10012201
mrds_id: D007675
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Weak Argillization
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Fissures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Near Geyser Breccia Pipe And Vent
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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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