Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlAlmost On Volcanic Vent
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockTrachyte
Associated rockTrachyte · Game Ridge Trachyte;Undivided Gneiss
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Nearby Faults, Volcanic Vents
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationPossibly Weak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012292
MRDS IDD007844
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.10612, -105.32057
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 MAP I-1081.