Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlNorthwest-Trending Fault
Geology
Host rockTrachyte
Associated rockTrachyte · Game Ridge Trachyte
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Large Northwest-Trending Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationPossibly Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10087598
MRDS IDD008058
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.12223, -105.32668
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. 405-492SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.COLORADO DIVISION MINES, 1934, INSPECTORS REPORTS