Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typepipe
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formbreccia pipe
Ore controlOn Trachyte Boundary Within Breccia Pipe
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Breccia Pipe
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationStrongly Argillized
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1881
Identification
Deposit ID10012190
MRDS IDD007661
Alternate namesTressie B. Claims, Contact, Groundhog
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.12751, -105.32418
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.