Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlWnw-Trending Fault; Mineralized Fissures; Subsidence Fissures
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Tuff · Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills;Undivided Gneiss At Bottom Of Shaft
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Numerous Small Faults, Generally Trending West-Northwest
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationMinor Argillization; In And Near Ferruginous Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10012312
MRDS IDD007868
Alternate namesP.D.Q. Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16223, -105.44307
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.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.