Mine detail: Nebraska Shaft

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Location

Lat / long:

38.11195, -105.33474

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Barite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Trachyte,Andesite
Associated rock:	Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Twenty-Six Fault Runs East-West
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	No Significant Alteration

References

MRDS	D007853
DEP	10101719
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.