| Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.12807, -105.33029 |
| dep_id: | 10087577 |
| mrds_id: | D007931 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc, Copper, Lead |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Jamesonite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite |
| orebody_fm: | breccia pipe |
| model: | 82: Epithermal veins |
| alteration: | Strongly Argillized; Quartz Zone |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Enrichment Near Surface |
| ore_ctrl: | At Junction Of Two Fracture Planes |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_type: | Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite |
| Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Breccia Pipe, Faults, Fractures, Mineralized Fissures |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Year first produced: | 1878 |
| disc_yr: | 1877 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
- Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
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