Lat / long: | 38.10557, -105.33779 |
Primary: | Silver |
Secondary: | Lead, Zinc |
Ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
Gangue: | Kaolin |
Discovery year: | 1895 |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite |
Associated rock: | Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte |
Associated type: | Trachyte,Andesite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Rosita Fault, Ne-Trending Fault |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Alteration processes: | Argillization |
MRDS | D007870 |
DEP | 10012314 |
Reference | {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-1081.} |
Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |