| Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.14057, -105.4389 |
| dep_id: | 10012287 |
| mrds_id: | D007838 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Iron, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cerargyrite, Ocher, Psilomelane |
| gangue: | Kaolin |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
| alteration: | Weak Argillization |
| ore_ctrl: | Spherulites To 6 Ft Diam Often Carry Ore In Cavities; Ore In Concentric Shells And Matrix |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2 |
| arock_type: | Clay, Mud,Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Large Nw-Trending Fault |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1895 |
| 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 MAP I-1081.
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