Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.10751, -105.35335 |
dep_id: | 10087520 |
mrds_id: | D007685 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver |
Operation type: | Underground |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Prospect |
alteration: | Strong Argillization |
ore_ctrl: | Trachyte Dike Nearby; Mineralized Fissures |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B., Beach, Richard A. |
hrock_type: | Andesite |
arock_unit: | Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Trachyte Dike Nearby; Small Faults |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
disc_yr: | 1882 |
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:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.
- Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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