Mine detail: Ben West Hill prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.15668, -105.46251

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead, Zinc

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Silver Cliff Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite

References

DEP10311059
Reference{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 Region Exploration Geologists Society Guidebook, pp. 1-14.}{Deposit:: Sharp, W. N., 1978, Geologic map of the Silver Cliff and Rosita volcanic centers, Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1081.}{Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
ReporterBeach, Richard A.