Mine detail: Round Mountain Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14307, -105.42335

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Bromyrite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jarosite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
Host type:	Rhyolite,Tuff
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults, Round Mountain Fault, Upper Chloride Gulch Vent
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Argillization

References

MRDS	D007862
DEP	10012306
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.