Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlRing Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Smithsonite, Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Calcite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Silver Cliff Rhyolite Undivided
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn. Valley, West-Trending, Vertical Or Steeply Dipping To North Ring Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012179
MRDS IDD007647
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.15445, -105.45196
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.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.SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D. SC. THESIS, T 1042, 222 P.