Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlJunction Of Two Veins, Nearby Trachyte Dikes
Geology
Host rockTrachyandesite · Bunker Trachyandesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Two Faults (Veins) Intersect At Nearly Right Angles; Other Faults In Area
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeakly Argillized At Junction Of Two Veins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012206
MRDS IDD007681
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.11612, -105.35807
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 263-403EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.