| Lat / long: | 38.14057, -105.4389 |
| Primary: | Silver |
| Secondary: | Iron, Manganese |
| Ore: | Cerargyrite, Ocher, Psilomelane |
| Gangue: | Kaolin |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite |
| Associated rock: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2 |
| Associated type: | Clay, Mud,Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Large Nw-Trending Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Weak Argillization |
| MRDS | D007838 |
| DEP | 10012287 |
| 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 MAP I-1081.} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |