Lat / long: | 38.1264, -105.35918 |
Primary: | Silver |
Discovery year: | 1882 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | None |
Development status: | Occurrence |
Host type: | Rhyolite |
Associated rock: | Rhyolite Of Rosita Volcano |
Associated type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Northeast-Trending Fault |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
Alteration processes: | Weak Argillization |
MRDS | D007648 |
DEP | 10094451 |
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 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CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.}{Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.} |
Reporter | Beach, Richard A., Collins, Donna B. |