Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBRECCIA PIPE
Ore controlBreccia Pipe, Mineralized Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerussite, Anglesite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Barite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 1; Undivided Silver Cliff Rhyolite
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Breccia Pipe, Small Faults, Volcanic Vent
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012193
MRDS IDD007665
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.15057, -105.45057
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.