| Lat / long: | 38.13918, -105.4389 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Iron, Manganese |
| Ore: | Cerargyrite, Galena, Goethite, Jarosite |
| Gangue: | Quartz, Talc |
| Orebody form: | PIPE |
| Discovery year: | 1878 |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Last production ended: | 1911 |
| Host rock: | Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 2 |
| Host type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Silver Cliff Graben, Fault; Geyser Vent, Breccia Pipe |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Weak Argillization |
| MRDS | D008052 |
| DEP | 10012429 |
| 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.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: FIELDMAN, D.N. 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} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |