Mine detail: Golden King Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

38.13195, -105.35307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Gangue:	Calcite
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diabase,Andesite
Associated rock:	Rosita Andesite;Bunker Trachyandesite; Dense Gray Tuff With Imperfectly Preserved Fossil Leaves
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Nearby Faults And Mineralized Fissures
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weakly Argillized

References

MRDS	D007845
DEP	10012293
Reference	{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.}{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.