Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralized Fissure Associated With Fault
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite,Trachyandesite · Rhyolite Of Rosita Volcano;Bunker Trachyandesite
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012195
MRDS IDD007667
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.12973, -105.35668
References
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.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.