| Lat / long: | 38.21862, -105.24724 |
| Primary: | Lead |
| Secondary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Phosgenite, Cerussite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Chert, Limonite, Manganese Ox-Hydrous |
| Orebody form: | LENS |
| Discovery year: | 1879 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1884 |
| Last production ended: | 1943 |
| Host rock: | Undivided Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Syenite Dike;Diorite Dike |
| Associated type: | Syenite,Diorite |
| Structure: | Wet Mountains, Ilse Fault; Mine Near Intersection Of Ilse And Another Nw-Trending Fault |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains |
| Alteration processes: | Extensive Oxidation, Iron Staining |
| MRDS | D008909 |
| DEP | 10012903 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: HUNTER, J.F., 1915, SOME CERUSITE DEPOSITS IN CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULLETIN 580, P. 25-37}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO, A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 96}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 69}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES, 1982, INSPECTION RECORDS 1921-1942.}{Production:: VANDERWILT, 1947; COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1982;}{Reserve-Resource:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES, INSPECTION RECORDS.} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B., Spanksi, Gregory T. |