| Lat / long: | 38.1389, -105.4414 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Zinc, Copper, Gold |
| Ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Garnet, Quartz, Topaz |
| Orebody form: | VEINS |
| Discovery year: | 1878 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Last production ended: | 1911 |
| Host rock: | Undivided Gneiss, San Isabel Granite Of Boyer Reached At 1850 Ft, Still Mineralized |
| Host type: | Gneiss,Obsidian,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Associated rock: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2 |
| Associated type: | Gneiss,Obsidian,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Silver Cliff Graben, Fault; Geyser Vent, Breccia Pipes |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Weak Argillization |
| MRDS | D007922 |
| DEP | 10012344 |
| 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:: FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.}{Production:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES INSPECTOR REPORTS, ANNUAL REPORTS} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |