| Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.1389, -105.4414 |
| dep_id: | 10012344 |
| mrds_id: | D007922 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Copper, Gold |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Garnet, Quartz, Topaz |
| orebody_fm: | VEINS |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
| alteration: | Weak Argillization |
| ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Fissures, Jointing Striking Nw |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_unit: | Undivided Gneiss, San Isabel Granite Of Boyer Reached At 1850 Ft, Still Mineralized |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss,Obsidian,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2 |
| arock_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) |
| Year first produced: | 1880 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1911 |
| disc_yr: | 1878 |
| 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:: 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
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