Commodities
PrimaryPerlite
SecondarySilver, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlConcentric Faults And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Magnetite, Pyrite
GangueIllite, Jarosite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Undivided Gneiss
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Latite · Rim Breccia And Latite Flow
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Concentric Faults Of Ben West Hill
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationStrongly Argillized, Bleached White
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10012348
MRDS IDD007929
Alternate namesUnknown
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16362, -105.46501
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.