Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMineralized Faults And Fissures, Trachyte Dikes
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, North-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012189
MRDS IDD007660
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.10529, -105.34335
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.