Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlBrecciated Rock, Fault, Volcanic Vent
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, North-Trending Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeakly Argillized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012301
MRDS IDD007855
Alternate namesPlate Verde, Plata Verda
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.14418, -105.42474
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.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 MAP I-1081.