| Lat / long: | 38.15973, -105.46363 |
| Primary: | Silver, Lead |
| Secondary: | Gold, Iron, Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite |
| Gangue: | Illite, Jarosite, Quartz |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Associated rock: | Rim Breccia And Latite Flow |
| Associated type: | Tuff,Rhyolite,Latite |
| Structure: | Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mountains, Wet Mtn Valley, Concentric Faults Of Ben West Hill |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Strong Argillization, Bleaching |
| MRDS | D007928 |
| DEP | 10087576 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.}{Deposit:: FIELDMAN, D.W. 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.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1981, INSPECT RECORDS} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |