Mine detail: Powhattan Prospect

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.11945, -105.35501
dep_id: 10012204
mrds_id: D007679
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
work_type: Underground
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Weak Argillization
ore_ctrl: Near Intersection Of Small Faults And Trachyte Dike
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Bunker Trachyandesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
hrock_type: Trachyandesite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Small Faults, Intersecting
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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, T1042, 222 P.
  • 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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