Mine detail: Unidentified Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

38.16112, -105.46168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Silver

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite In Throat Of Ben West Volcano
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Ben West Volcano, Wet Mountains, Ring Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Alteration processes:	Argillization

References

MRDS	D009109
DEP	10013034
Reference	SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.