Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Cerussite
GangueBarite, Manganese Ox-Hydrous
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Fault; Cross Fissure N65w Cuts Off Ore On South
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeakly Argillized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10087575
MRDS IDD007926
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.15057, -105.43863
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.