Mine detail: Silver Horn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.11279, -105.32307

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Trachyte
Associated rock:Game Ridge Trachyte
Associated type:Trachyte
Structure:Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Ring Fault; Numerous Smaller Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Weak Argillization

References

MRDSD007684
DEP10012208
Reference{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.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.