| Lat / long: | 38.16223, -105.44307 |
| Primary: | Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Discovery year: | 1882 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills;Undivided Gneiss At Bottom Of Shaft |
| Host type: | Rhyolite,Tuff |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Numerous Small Faults, Generally Trending West-Northwest |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Minor Argillization; In And Near Ferruginous Zone |
| MRDS | D007868 |
| DEP | 10012312 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.}{Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.}{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. |