Mine detail: New Pit Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14473, -105.44779

Resource(M)

Primary:

Silver

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Near Geyser Breccia Pipe And Vent
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weak Argillization

References

MRDS	D007675
DEP	10012201
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.