Commodities
PrimarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults, Mineralized Fissures
Geology
Host rockTrachyandesite
Associated rockTrachyandesite · Bunker Trachyandesite
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationWeak Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10094452
MRDS IDD007654
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.1264, -105.35335
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. 405-472.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.