Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlHumboldt-Pocahontas Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Clay
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
Associated rockTrachyte
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Rosita Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeakly Argillized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10087604
MRDS IDD008074
Alternate namesWest Leviathan-Stephen-Leavenworth vein
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.10557, -105.34057
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.