Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.16223, -105.44307 |
dep_id: | 10012312 |
mrds_id: | D007868 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Minor mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
alteration: | Minor Argillization; In And Near Ferruginous Zone |
ore_ctrl: | Wnw-Trending Fault; Mineralized Fissures; Subsidence Fissures |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_unit: | Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills;Undivided Gneiss At Bottom Of Shaft |
hrock_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) |
disc_yr: | 1882 |
References: |
- 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.
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