Mine detail: Racer Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.12223, -105.35724
dep_id: 10012304
mrds_id: D007858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Weak Argillization; Bleaching
ore_ctrl: Intersecting Faults, Volcanic Vents
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Bunker Trachyandesite, Main Body
hrock_type: Trachyandesite,Granite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Intersecting Faults, Volcanic Vents
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-1801.
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