Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNorth-Trending Faults
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Silver Cliff Rhyolite Unit 3
StructureSilver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Northern-Trending Faults, Silver Cliff Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094450
MRDS IDD007644
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.14307, -105.4514
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 MAPS I-1081.