Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.11612, -105.35807 |
dep_id: | 10012206 |
mrds_id: | D007681 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
alteration: | Weakly Argillized At Junction Of Two Veins |
ore_ctrl: | Junction Of Two Veins, Nearby Trachyte Dikes |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_unit: | Bunker Trachyandesite;Game Ridge Trachyte |
hrock_type: | Trachyandesite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Two Faults (Veins) Intersect At Nearly Right Angles; Other Faults In Area |
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:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.
- 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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