Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlTrachyte Dike; Small Fractures And Faults
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Rosita Andesite;Trachyte Of Game Ridge
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Small Dikes And Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationPossibly Weak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012176
MRDS IDD007643
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.12473, -105.32807
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.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 REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.