Lat / long: | 38.1514, -105.4514 |
Primary: | Silver, Gold |
Ore: | Argentite |
Gangue: | Illite, Quartz |
Orebody form: | Breccia Pipe |
Discovery year: | 1902 |
Operation type: | Underground |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1903 |
Last production ended: | 1907 |
Host type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Concentric Faults And Fractures |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Alteration processes: | Strongly Argillized |
MRDS | D008059 |
DEP | 10012432 |
Reference | {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:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1981, INSPECTION RECORDS} |
Reporter | Collins, Donna L. |