Mine detail: Wildcat Mine

Previously called 'New Hope'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14362, -105.45696

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 1
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Silver Cliff Graben
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Weak Argillization

References

MRDS	D008053
DEP	10087596
Reference	{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 WINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MA P I-1081, 1:24,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.