Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.13195, -105.35307 |
dep_id: | 10012293 |
mrds_id: | D007845 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
gangue: | Calcite |
model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
alteration: | Weakly Argillized |
ore_ctrl: | At Or Near Contact Between Intrusives |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_type: | Diabase,Andesite |
arock_unit: | Rosita Andesite;Bunker Trachyandesite; Dense Gray Tuff With Imperfectly Preserved Fossil Leaves |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Nearby Faults And Mineralized Fissures |
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:: 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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