Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryCopper, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formvein
Ore controlRing Fault Intersecting With North-Trending Fault;
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Fluorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Ring Fault (Shaft Enters On Fault); Crosses Largest Fault In District
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilicification ("Quartz Zone"); Possibly Weakly Argillized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10012299
MRDS IDD007852
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16057, -105.44418
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.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 MAP I-1081.