Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Iron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlConcentric Faults And Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite
GangueIllite, Jarosite, Quartz
Geology
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Latite · Rim Breccia And Latite Flow
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mountains, Wet Mtn Valley, Concentric Faults Of Ben West Hill
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationStrong Argillization, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10087576
MRDS IDD007928
Alternate namesShafts: Vidler, Edman, Baker, Rey, Blunt, Denver Lease, Claims: Thames River, Ten To One
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.15973, -105.46363
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.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1981, INSPECT RECORDS