Mine detail: Deceiver Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14084, -105.43279
dep_id: 10012290
mrds_id: D007842
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Argillization
ore_ctrl: Faults; Volcanic Vent
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills Or Rhyolite Of Upper Chloride Gulch
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Round Mountain Fault; Upper Chloride Gulch Vent
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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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