Mine detail: Round Mountain Prospect

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14307, -105.42335
dep_id: 10012306
mrds_id: D007862
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Iron
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Pyrite
model: 82: Epithermal veins
alteration: Argillization
ore_ctrl: Breccia Zones, Volcanic Vent
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Tuff
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults, Round Mountain Fault, Upper Chloride Gulch Vent
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
  • Deposit:: KOCH, G. S., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ASSAY DATA FROM THE ROUND MOUNTAIN SILVER PROSPECT, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7486, 32 P.
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