Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 1
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Silver Cliff Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10087596
MRDS IDD008053
Alternate namesNew Hope
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.14362, -105.45696
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 WINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MA P I-1081, 1:24,000.